Singers Whose Voices STILL Sound Great!
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- In this video I talk about singers who have been around for decades but whose voices still sound great. A few notes here: I only included singers who were still alive at the time of this video, Dave Gahan's voice does not sound good anymore, because of copyright reasons I had to cut some clips super short, and I have never heard the music of Glenn Hughes.
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6:39 ah yes, "Check My Brain", my favorite Peter Gabriel song.
i'm glad im not the only one who noticed XD
@@christopherdeclan1486 What am I missing here ? He said the wrong name ?
@@mitchv.7492 Wrong subtitles, should be Alice in Chains. Eh, so what
@@btr3kOh, I see now. Thanks 😂. I do the same when I see little mistakes (like his peaking microphone at around 11:30).
god damn it lol.. dude i was rushing to get this video out it was taking forever whoops.. that's kinda embarrassing
How bout singers who could never sing? Its surprising how bad some famous lead singers can be without studio magic touching them up
Vince Neil first comes to mind. I love motley crue but he never sounded good. He wasn't bad but never really good.
Wayne Coyne from The Flaming Lips. I love his voice but i certainly get it if someone doesn't
Dave Mustaine
@@MoonMagicks hard agree on this one
this is a very interesting idea..
I would also add: Tom Waits (yes, I'm being serious), Alice Cooper, Lenny Kravitz, James Hetfield (yes, it is more worn these days, but it suits the music), Karl Hyde (Underworld, an electronic duo), Robert Smith
Thanks for adding Sting to the list. When you did the video on Singers whose Voice Went to Crap, I mentioned I had recently seen Sting interviewed where he played guitar and sang and his voice was great. In the clip you showed above, he didn’t sound as good. But, the guy has maintained himself really well all these years. He was a music teacher before he joined The Police so he probably knows how to take care of his vocals. Love your videos.
when Sting reunited with the Police in like.. 2008? God he sounded so good
You AIC section is spot on. Once I got into them while I was learning guitar as a teen I was blown away by how much of the sound was Jerry. Cool to hear others rant the same thing. Fine work.
Saw Gary Numan the other day on replicas 45th anniversary tour and he was superb in voice and energy
I'm seeing him tonight 🙂 can't wait
Can Numan still sing Cars and use the original key?
@@Thomasmemoryscentral i believe so
Gilmour is a really good call, I saw him at the royal Albert hall in 2016 and not only was it one of the best shows I’ve ever seen on a audio visual level, his vocals and guitar playing were just as good as ‘in the day’ as they say. Remarkable really, I mean the show ended with a faithfully recreated foaming run like hell with Dave ripping his vocal cords out, extraordinary. Most of the guys in your list have the same thing in common, clean living (by rock star standards). I’d add morrissey to the list, he sounds great as he’s ever done. Also, whether or not you like his voice, Robert smiths voice is impeccably preserved.
Just starting this but Mickey Thomas is crushing it still. The past few months I've seen live clips and he sounds amazing. Now onto the video.
I've always like the sheer 80'sness of Starship and Go West. I hate We Built This City but their other songs (Sara, Before I Go, Wild Again, Hearts of The World, We Dream In Color, Its Not Enough) have a very atmospheric feel. Peter Wolf produced all of that.
Your content is getting really good
thanks! I keep raising my standards which means more work on the back-end but it's worth it
I saw Thom Yorke with the Smile is St Augustine last year and he sounded incredible live.
This is the best music nerd on TY!
Great Video, Josh. You hit some favorite bands/lead singers: Yorke, Stipe and Gilmour.
Saw R.E.M. for the first time in '99. I'd mortgage the house for a reunion tour. But, being men of their word, they will not reunite for a nostalgia cash grab.
Peter Buck and Mike Mills still play in bands to this day. Stipe been working on a solo record for years now.
thanks dude!
Great timing with the video! I was on a Sting 3.0 concert yesterday, and I was blown away by how good he sounded at 72. I didn't expect hear a Police-like version of "Englishman in New York", but he played his solo songs in trio formation too without backing tracks.
ah man i love his solo career stuff so much, i need to look up that concert you're talking about i'd love to hear it
Awesome Vid!
Thank You very much for Your Work! Greetings from Germany
freut mich!
@@DancingwithGhosts Mich auch! Weiter so, Josh 👍
4:06 I'm one of those few Genesis fans. Hell I even enjoy a few songs off Calling All Stations with Ray Wilson.
Judas Priest is my seconden favorite heavy metal band ever. Iron Maiden takes that number 1 spot by a landslide. But I still love Judas Priest.
Mick Hucknall from Simply Red is always a perfect example for me of a guy who still sounds incredibly good. He doesn't even lower the key on these songs and sings them pretty much exactly like on the records.
So he can sing Holding Back The Years in original keys as the 80s original?
I just about peed myself seeing Geddy playing with Yes!! How did I ever not know this!?!? AAAAAA!!!
Thanks for putting in a couple of my suggestions
Peter Gabriel 100%. I was completely blown away when I saw him live last year
Eddie Vedder - dude still sounds great
but then i would have had to have heard PJ's music while editing *_*
I wonder if there's such a thing as a singer whose voice improved over time.
Dustin Kensrue from Thrice
Roger daltry should of definitely been here. It’s unbelievable how good hes sounds as he’s been singing for ALMOST 60 YEARS
Hey, 👍 Neal Tennant. Of the pet shop boys He still has his unique voice.
I know a lot of people complain about their more recent material, but Disturbed’s David Draiman really seems like he’s able to still belt out songs naturally.
yeah i thought sound of silence was a showcase of how powerful his range is
*OOH WAH AH AH AH*
Greg Graffin from Bad Religion still sounds great after 40+ years.
Mick Jagger. My parents recently just saw The Rolling Stones in concert in May, and he sounded like he was 20.
that's cool!
Mick Jagger sounds like trash.
I checked out the Glastonbury performance of Start Me Up from 2018 and he noticeably can’t stretch some of the end lyrics as the studio version on Tattoo You from 1981 but he still sounds great
DUDE! PLEASE! PLEASE do a full video on the master singer JAY SIEGEL from “The Tokens” if not for anyone else’s sake then at LEAST for mine, cuz THAT GUY AND THE REST OF THE BAND STILL KICK BUTT!! I mean, not that the band is even a band anymore, as most of the original members are sadly dead (yet again, as are most people born before the 1950s I’d assume🤷🏼♂️😄😔) BUT PLEASE look into The Tokens! You’ll be surprised!!!!!!! (Ps sorry for the abuse of caps lock😂 I mean well)
Great vid!
can you do “singers whose voices became better over time”
when i first read this i thought "this is a ridiculous idea" but actually Peter Gabriel's voice got better as he aged, Thom Yorke, Phil Collins (until he got too old), Dave Gahan.. hmm.. interesting topic
Great list! I'm not a Judas priest fan by any stretch but holy shit, Halford and the crew are killing it! I heard one of the tracks off their recent album and was blown away. Mad respect.
yeah same.. not really a fan of that type of operatic frontman music but i gotta give him his respect
I was gonna bitch about you not including Glenn Hughes, but you saved yourself at the end there. Yes, Glenn's vocals have aged _freakishly_ well. Saw him live in October and he sounded every bit as good as he did in his youth, if not better.
Another one worth looking into is Arthur Brown. The man is in his eighties and can still belt the high notes like it's nothing.
yeah i was seeing SO much talk about Glenn Hughes and I know Eddie Trunk has extolled the virtues of Hughes voice over the years so I had to put that last bit in there... also, big thanks for watching until the very end!
You should do an episode on Jane’s addiction. Perry Farrell is undoubtably a very smart, creative person, but his wife Etty is definitely a Yoko Ono.
meh i dont really care about janes addiction all that much
Solid list!! But I’m going to humbly add Robert Smith of The Cure. His vocals aren’t as powerful as the others but he’s maintained that boyish sound that’s so iconic! I’ve seen them live a couple of times in the last 5ish yrs & they are at the top of their game as musicians. His voice is icing on the cake!
Can he sing Friday I'm In Love and not lower the key?
12:35 Hell yes! Gilmour still sounds awesome!
you have a qbert type vocals sometime.
You should do an episode on Jane’s Addiction. Perry Farrell is undoubtably a very smart, creative guy, but his wife Etty is definitely a Yoko Ono.
Nice video as always Josh, but did you changed your setup, the microphone keeps peaking sadly...
i had raised the volume more on this video than the others, I had almost went back and fixed it but by that point there were so many chunks of individual volume boxes it would've taken forever.. it was a little test that I tried but wont be turning it that high next time
@@DancingwithGhosts Allright, just saying because I know you like your stuff to sound and look the best ! Could have been some UA-cam compression shenanigans or whatever ! Cheers !
@@mitchv.7492 naw you're good, thank you for the constructive note, i did dial it up a bit loud on this one glad you noticed and informed me
The point about short singers keeping their voice makes sense to me but im curious about Bono (5'6" I believe) and he definitely doesn't sound as good as he did in his prime. So what happened?
Colin Blunstone from The Zombies.
Al Jardine from The Beach Boys.
Left out ‘60s signers that can still do it
ya you right about Al Jardine.. totally slipped my mind
@@DancingwithGhostsPart 2 perhaps?
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Definitely agree on Peter's vocals. This made me wanna spin my copy of So, great vid man
thanks! yeah he's got some juice left for sure
Donnie Vie still has it. Fuck knows how as he’s not taken good care of himself for the large part of his career.
this was a fun one..... lots of good quips about some of these old bastards, lol
Surprised you didn't include Till Lindemann, but I guess he's not really *that* old at this point.
well over 60 and been singing for at least 30 years thats a decent contender. Not that familiar with their live stuff but his low register definitely still sounds about the same as it did in 1994 from looking up their self titled song played in that year and then in 2019
that's true.. he's almost a bass singer with how low his range is.. maybe that's why he didn't come to mind because bass singers usually preserve the best since their voice isn't nearly as strained
Phil Anselmo still sounds great somehow. Also Robert Smith still sounds like it did in the 80s.
Love to see the metal god Rob Halford on here. My favorite vocalist of all time! If anyone ever wants to see one of his best performance of all time during the painkiller tour, see Judas priest- Live in new york '91. Good god.
Tom Jones, man's in his 80s still sounds like he's in his 20s
Another example of old, but amazing voice is Brian May, the guitarist of Queen. He's not really known for singing, but listen to his versions of "Too much love will kill you" and "All dead, all dead" and I bet you'll agree with me 😊 His newer songs like "Another World" and "On my way up” (the second one, by the way, gives me a “Somebody to love” vibe) shows that he is still not only an amazing guitarist, but also a wonderful vocalist!
yeah i think he sounded great on '39 from their Night at the Opera album
@@DancingwithGhosts Do you also think he sounds good even now?
@@mikolajbogdaszewski9519 honestly I haven't checked in on Mr. May recently so I'm not sure
@@DancingwithGhosts I recommend checking out these songs, they are really great😁👍 You almost don't feel that his vocals have aged.
i will drop one seed of truth now: Lou Reed stole the chords for Sweet Jane from the much-superior song Witchi-Tai-To by Brewer & Shipley (the one toke over the line guys) from 1 year earlier.
and the song is a 'peyote chant' from an insane cult
Witchi-Tai-To my Ju**alo
What’s the song at 10:05 ?
Roger Daltry
What about Steven Tyler and Sammy Hagar?
NO R&B?? Ron Isley and Smokey Robinson still got it, and they're in their 80s!!!
@11:28 that impersonation of us wasn't very flattering
Don't forget: Bjork.
How is it possible that you don't mention Alice Cooper?
Phil lewis and Steven Pearcy can still get the job done. Im a big fan of LA GUNS N RATT Even if they arent for everbody.... but they can at least maintain the characters they curated
Wohoo new video yes😃German Potato likes it😂
you have forgotten to add james hetfield and robert plant to this list
you the funny thing is on my "singers who wen to crap" video people were saying the same thing :p seems like opinion is divided
Comparing Sting to a mosquito 😂 too accurate
bruh... i can't listen to their first two albums for that reason
Good video, overall. But you defended the shit sandwich that is Green Day and didn’t mention Depeche Mode. Dave Gahan and Martin Gore are vocally on their A game and just completed a massively successful world tour. Also, Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet is a criminally underrated vocalist and as of 2016 when I saw them at Beacon Theater, Hadley’s voice sounded like it got remastered.
Dave Gahan's vocals have gone to shit sadly
@@DancingwithGhosts Do you really think so? I think that’s debatable. Martin has definitely held up.
@@crazedoutlook i don't think it's super debatable anymore... i will give you Martin Gore, his voice still sounds good
@@DancingwithGhostswish Depeche Mode returns People Are People to the setlist of live tours
I know you don't like him, but Van still sounds great at 70. Can't hold out the notes quite as long, but still hits the notes without changing key.
Morisson?.. i mean.. dattss cool lol
Could throw McCartney in there too, at least as of a few yrs ago
Can his huge hit Brown Eyed Girl perform and not have any lowered keys for Mr Van Morrison? That to me is a song that needs its original key to sound good
@Thomasmemoryscentral I don't think he's performed that in quite a while. It seemed to be pretty rare even in the 70s. There's no real high notes in that one so I would think he could still do the original key. I saw him doing into the mystic from a year or so ago and it was the same key. Can't hold it for as long, but still hits the note. Still playing sax and guitar live too. He's also averaging more than an album a year since turning 70.
@Thomasmemoryscentral ua-cam.com/video/TOXaSFkZzMQ/v-deo.htmlsi=jvvJt4sFRsAXbH-a
Sounds like the same key.
Add Mike Patton to the list
meh.. i think the guy's a little over-rated amongst my musician friends but that's just me
Totally agree.
@@DancingwithGhosts I love the guy, but he's definitely one of those "your favorite musician's favorite musician" and comes off a tad bit of a hipster pick. ...Also the fact that he has no less than 300 side projects doesn't help. I once wanted to do a full discography run on him but stopped after like three bands and a couple solo albums he's just got TOO damn much stuff. Faith No More, Mr. Bungle and Peeping Tom are really all you need.
Corey taylor probably is the best example of someone who is still as good as they were 20 years ago.
that's a good point! he would have been a good surprise one to throw in there and mix up the list.. i didn't even think about him damn
Someone who deserved to be there also is Trent Reznor, his voice just kept getting better and better as years came by
Must say even Dave Grohl deserved a place in this list since his voice also sounds fuckin great even years after
Originally Trent was gonna be on this list but honestly when listening to his most recent live stuff it sounded good.. but not as good as when he was at his peak, a lot of the raw aggression just isn't there and it didn't sound as compelling
I don't know if this is a hot take or not, but Reznor never had a good voice. And this is coming from a big NIN fan. Just like what he said in the video about Roger Waters. It's an interesting and well-utilized voice, yeah, but not every singing voice is particularly harmonious or pleasant to listen to, and Reznor has always had a very whiny-sounding voice.
@@snowblind9551 yeah.. i could get behind that.. it is more of an interesting voice but when he had that youthful passion behind it, it was much more interesting
@@snowblind9551 Yeah, NIN is my favorite band but I've often compared Trent's voice to a squealing pig. It's not a 'good' voice, but it's interesting and unique and works well with the NIN style.
@@DancingwithGhosts That might be a good video too. "Singers who aren't technically 'good' singers but have unique voices that work well with what they do". ...ICP come to mind. Fucking AWFUL voices for anything outside of ICP, but god damn do they work for ICP.
Second!
I would add Billy Joel, who still sounds incredible! Check out his new song! He sounds great!
Glen Benton, nearly 40 years in and might even sound BETTER now.
Performers who sound like crap live regardless of age and shamelessly use recording tricks to hide it would be a good list.
new blink-182 is the first to come to mind aka Tom Delonge
also lmao, did you see the new eminem video/song? god. of all the eras to try and bring back, why the fucking without me/just lose it era??????
i haven't but i'll check it out now
yeah just watched it.. that was weird... whenever an artist starts referencing stuff they already did that's always a bad sign
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Led Zeppelin tuned down a lot so he still sounded pretty good
ain't no shame in tuning down i always say
Yeah, David Gilmore sounds way better than in his youth.
naww dude.. i looked up some of their audio-only live performances from the 70's.. he's got way more vocal control now.. his voice may not be AS powerful but his control is way better.. that could also be due to the fact that pink floyd weren't as big in the 70's as they would become so the sound systems in these venues weren't as good
Deliberately demented cannot be cringe. (Steam music video)
it wasn't deliberate, he was using cutting edge 3D animation technology FOR THE TIME.. that shit did NOT age well.. it was probably corny even back then but now it's just unwatchable.. it's a great song though
@@DancingwithGhosts I'm a computer graphics artist myself, starting around 2000, i know how the computer artists themselves may look at their creation so much they start believing crap is actually fine. But the approving people look at it with a fresh mind and immediately see the shit parts. Unless Gabriel is a complete computer nerd, he must have known pretty early on it looks horrible, and from then on actually said let's embrace the nonsense. Like the inside-out head effect, NOBODY would ever consider that anything but silly, in any age. It is a perfect example of "lets see what this modifier do---ohh what in the actual fuck sorry", and the director saying "thats exactly the twisted crap we are after, turn in up to 11!"
@@Gary_Hun i've almost done a video on how "Technology constantly fails Peter Gabriel" because he's way too quick to embrace new tech that hasn't had a chance to fully evolve yet, for instance he used AI generation for his "Panopticom" music video when AI was still so new and now the video instantly looks dated.. Sledgehammer stands the test of time because stop motion will always be bad ass
1:38 mosquito 🤣
heeeee doooo thougghhhh
100% does just funny how accurate that descriptor was haha
Rivers Cuomo still sounds the same after all these years.
he does, i just don't really care much about weezer
Billy Joel.
i heard his voice went to crap
@@DancingwithGhostshe lost a lot of range, but in recent years he got much of it back
Mick Jagger? Maybe too obvious choice
i never liked the dudes voice personally
I think Tom Araya still sounds great. Haha.
no comment
*insert obligatory is that a JoJo reference here*
Radiohead is godlike music!!!!
loved seeing drunk Lahey
hahah yess.. i feel i started talking like him towards the end so i had to put that in there
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