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Old 06-03-2011, 18:59
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You have a point, but as you said it is incredibly difficult to play lead and sing.
True. Although these days he does seem to struggle a little. Even acoustically sometimes it sounds a little strained and uncomfortable when years ago he more often than not sounded heavenly.

Having said that though I am happy to get more live energy in exchange for perhaps slightly lesser vocals.

Also, as people said, studio-wise definitely TLORN. It just seems....wrong somehow.
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Old 06-03-2011, 19:00
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Would you kill me if I said Born A Girl is a bit LOLz as a vocal?

And he sounds like the guy from The Offspring in Us Against You, so that too.
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Old 06-03-2011, 19:01
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True. Although these days he does seem to struggle a little. Even acoustically sometimes it sounds a little strained and uncomfortable when years ago he more often than not sounded heavenly.

Having said that though I am happy to get more live energy in exchange for perhaps slightly lesser vocals.

Also, as people said, studio-wise definitely TLORN. It just seems....wrong somehow.
I think 20 years of singing will do that to your voice though, unless you are trained properly. James did a lot of screaming in his day, that wouldn't have helped.
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Old 06-03-2011, 19:02
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Would you kill me if I said Born A Girl is a bit LOLz as a vocal?
Oh good call
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Old 06-03-2011, 19:04
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Would you kill me if I said Born A Girl is a bit LOLz as a vocal?
I think it's more ironic than anything else, to my ears!
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Old 06-03-2011, 19:07
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I quite like it.
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Old 06-03-2011, 19:20
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I think it's more ironic than anything else, to my ears!
Mhm, I was just going by my knee-jerk reaction.
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Old 06-03-2011, 19:26
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I think James should pursue drag. Kind of Les Dawson style!
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Old 06-03-2011, 19:42
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Spectators of Suicide however....

I only listen to the Heavenly gig version.
I think that's the best version.
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Old 06-03-2011, 20:32
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I don't think he's ever technically bad. He's definitely improved since the early albums. I think his vocals on TLORN are really sexy.
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Old 06-03-2011, 20:40
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Nothing is as worse as the way he sings the verses on SYMM.
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Old 06-03-2011, 20:43
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I can't think of anything he's recorded I would think of as 'bad' or deserving the title of 'worst' to be honest. He's a great singer, there aren't any of those cringeworthy moments. Maybe he should follow Michael Stipe's lead and do a little rapping occasionally?
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Old 06-03-2011, 20:45
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Underdogs. The verses sound awful.
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Old 06-03-2011, 20:46
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I don't think he's ever technically bad. He's definitely improved since the early albums. I think his vocals on TLORN are really sexy.
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Old 06-03-2011, 20:48
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Would you kill me if I said Born A Girl is a bit LOLz as a vocal?
True. Plus, I think it's already been said somewhere on the internet but he sounds like Robbie Williams in TLORN.
Vocals on To Repel Ghosts aren't my fave. Other than that, there's not much that annoys me..
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