U2start.com | what happend to bono voice ?

from vertigo tour and 360 tour when i listen to the official and the bootlegs of u2 i notes thet samethig happend to bono voice he dozent sing in the right tempo or the right tune and sametimes he forget the liricks you see thet from the show in shefilled thet he cant controle the tune like thet happend to robert plant from 75 tour to thish days and you can see in the video bootleg from argentina 2006 thet in the song with or witheout you he sing lke kariyoke from a screem thet show him the right words i love u2 since i wos 5 yers old and its hert me to heer him sing lke thet

drewhiggins

16 years

He's been forgetting lyrics for a while now, and that karaoke screen is a teleprompter to help him with the lyrics that he forgets.

sambo1974

16 years

Yeah it's difficult for me to listen his voice these days. It's actually sad for the fans and especially for him.

JuJuman

16 years

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.

sambo1974

16 years

his voice has thinned out over the years. We know his trying his best, but the rasp, and power isn't there anymore.

MacStripey

16 years

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.

jamie29nz

16 years

I actually think he has improved technically as a singer - true there isn't the "raw" youth anymore, but there is no way he could have managed the pavorotti section in Miss Sarevo when he was 25..............its not worse, just different!

Yogi

16 years

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.

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.

JuJuman

16 years

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.

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

. 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...

markp91

16 years

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 . 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...

Couldn't have said it better

And I remember I was hoarse after Beautiful Day already indeed lol...

EDIT: And I'm not sure, but THIS seems to be the same topic...

vanquish

16 years