Ageing rockers and their voices...

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Originally Posted by madformac

Roger Daltrey sang very well at Live 8, in fact he was a revelation to me because I expected the massacre he performed at the 9/11 gig. All I'm saying is he doesn't have a great range for a singer. Then again, in a rock band like The Who it doesn't really matter due to the type of music they play anyway.

As for Lindsey, I'm sorry but I don't know how you can say Lindsey is singing better now than before. His vocal range is now so limited.

In my earlier post I talked about how a singer's range doesn't necessarily make them a better singer in my eyes.
Look at Marianne Faithful for instance. She had a better range in her youth, with her angelic girly voice but I'd take her world-weary smokey croak of Broken English any day.

Range means nothing to me. Celine Dion has range, but I'd prefer Lou Reed's speak-sing, Roger Daltry's passion or Neil Young's slightly-out of tune sweetness any day.

As for Lindsey, I just prefer his deeper voice now. I don't care that he hasn't got the range any more.