Originally posted by JuJuman:Bono does *many* things at the time when he sings - I think he does a pretty exceptional job. Btw, just listen to the various Bonos of the various Achtung Babies, ZU2 etc., and you'll hear the difference. He's a damn good musician. He's not perfect all right, but he's never been. Yet he's really, really good.
Originally posted by sambo1974:his voice has thinned out over the years. We know his trying his best, but the rasp, and power isn't there anymore.
Originally posted by Yogi:[..]
I'm hearing this all the way from Elevation while his weakest voice was during PopMart.
I don't know which shows did you attend or which bootlegs did you listen to but Bono is in a great shape, of course there are nights when his voice is weaker, but that is normal.
In the end, it was his passion that made him famous, not voice itself.
. That man still has quite some voice, and quite some energy too - the Amsterdam gigs, Wembley II. Sheffield itself (and many more) are cases in point... Originally posted by JuJuman:[..]
Yep, absolutely. Bono's voice is changing, and certainly it used to be stronger, richer etc. But it's still pretty good - he's 49, and he does a pretty good job at singing songs like Bad, UV etc. And it's true that his technique has improved. He shouts less and sings more - in stark contrast with, e.g., the JT and the R&H era. He's a rock singer: he doesn't have, and cannot have, the technique of an opera singer. Opera singers can manage their voice until very late - a good opera singer can still sing at 65 whatever he could sing when he or she was 25 (actually, even more, since their reportoire increases in time). By contrast, rock n roll singing is intrinsically voice-damaging. This said, here's a nice test: one only has to go to a U2 concert and try to sing along. Almost inevitably the fan's voice goes after half a hour or so... and Bono is still singing
Originally posted by vanquish:His heavy smoking isn't helping his voice either, sooner or later he's going to end up like Axl Rose.