Bon Jovi: C/D

Yeah, Daltrey's surgery made a massive difference -- he sounds FAR better on 2019's WHO than on 2006's Endless Wire. He does use samples live for the screams in "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Love Reign O'er Me," but he's doing...something during those samples. Some kind of scream, but not one that could stand on its own without the sample. Definitely no autotune live, though (but a little bit on WHO).

I saw Joan Jett in 2015 (opening for the Who) and she sounded perfect. Great band, her voice was as powerful as ever, and it was an all-killer/no-filler set.

Someone I'm curious about is Brian Johnson. I only saw AC/DC once, in 1996, but he (understandably) had a little trouble with the highest notes. I would hope his voice has held up somewhat (though obviously the members of AC/DC didn't think it has, since they replaced him).

The saddest one I ever saw was Lou Gramm, way back in 1999.

Stevie Nicks is another one whose voice is nowhere near as supple as it once was, though it's so distinctive it doesn't matter. Peter Gabriel and Sting both sounded pretty good the last I saw them. McCartney is finally, finally starting to fade a little. Mick Jagger, sounding OK! I once saw Crosby Stills and Nash in the very early '90s, iirc, and I remember them sounding pretty bad. A lot of these acts inevitably fade, but many of them are smart/rich enough to get the voice training they need to carry on.

I'm a little surprised AC/DC didn't tour this summer. Maybe they have a farewell tour planned, assuming any of them are up for it? It's telling that Brian, Cliff and Phil came off the sidelines for the last album. Is that the first AC/DC album they've never toured behind?

I think it is, but it came out in late 2020, and no one was touring (or even planning tours) then. If Phil's in the lineup, I'll go see them.

McCartney is apparently letting backing vocalists do some of the heavier lifting. And Jagger does sound pretty good, but then, live Jagger and studio Jagger were always two very different things. For one, live Jagger didn't always (or often) attempt the higher notes, and there are some songs -- "Rip This Joint" springs to mind -- that they played live in a lower key when the songs were new.

keeper of the flame here: maybe start a new thread about throat surgeries if you are all determined to talk about anyone ~but~ bon jovi lol

If you can't talk about bad singing in the Bon Jovi thread ...

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>:(

"Stevie Ray Vaughan is dead, and we can't get Jon Bon Jovi on a helicopter."

your hate only makes me stronger

Did I mention that at the early peak of the pandemic, somewhere around April 2020, when we were more or less sticking around home, I spent one Saturday morning on the front steps with one of my kids blasting "Bad Medicine"? That and "Disco Frog," from the Muppets disco record. Was it for the people out for a sad masked walk? Was it for the joggers or dog walkers? No, it was 100% for me.

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Keep: Keep the Faith (song not album), which made my mum a fan for a while.

Though the idea that it stunted their US career, much like Freedom! '90 ostensibly did for GM, suggests that going all Happy Mondays was unwelcome stateside for huge selling late 80s acts (we have to therefore conclude Mysterious Ways is more... Soup Dragons mayb)