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TheWatchman · 03-05-2005, 06:36 PM

I've not heard him sing recently (since 2001) but there is no way a voice can recover like that. On the song Harmony, his voice is very strong, relatively speaking, not even close to what it was on say, Summetime Dream though. Throughout the rest of the CD you clearly hear him straining to hit notes as his voice fades into that nasal ringing sound. If you listen to "Make No Mistake About It", one needs to listen no further then the first few lines.

Please don't misunderstand me, he still has one hell of a voice and I love to hear him sing live and I love Harmony. I have no problem with admitting that his voice that made him famous is long gone. It's part of life and the choices me make.

I think it's only natural to compare his voice. Everybody has done it, let's not kid ourselves. There is no way you can listen to Shadows and then Salute and not hear a very noticable change in his voice. There's nothing wrong with talking about it. It's better to talk about and understand it instead of comparing his voice to some vintage wine that only get's better with age. I'm sorry guys, smoking takes it's toll on the ol' vocal chords and there's no way around it.

And for the record, his voice on Painter is much, much stronger than it is on Harmony. Since Salute came out, his voice has continued to get thinner and will continue to do so. Perhaps he can stop it from getting much worse if he quits smoking. Maybe he has, I have no idea.

03-05-2005, 06:36 PM	#5
TheWatchman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Columbia, Maryland Posts: 930	I've not heard him sing recently (since 2001) but there is no way a voice can recover like that. On the song Harmony, his voice is very strong, relatively speaking, not even close to what it was on say, Summetime Dream though. Throughout the rest of the CD you clearly hear him straining to hit notes as his voice fades into that nasal ringing sound. If you listen to "Make No Mistake About It", one needs to listen no further then the first few lines. Please don't misunderstand me, he still has one hell of a voice and I love to hear him sing live and I love Harmony. I have no problem with admitting that his voice that made him famous is long gone. It's part of life and the choices me make. I think it's only natural to compare his voice. Everybody has done it, let's not kid ourselves. There is no way you can listen to Shadows and then Salute and not hear a very noticable change in his voice. There's nothing wrong with talking about it. It's better to talk about and understand it instead of comparing his voice to some vintage wine that only get's better with age. I'm sorry guys, smoking takes it's toll on the ol' vocal chords and there's no way around it. And for the record, his voice on Painter is much, much stronger than it is on Harmony. Since Salute came out, his voice has continued to get thinner and will continue to do so. Perhaps he can stop it from getting much worse if he quits smoking. Maybe he has, I have no idea.