Post by Platypus on Oct 1, 2019 18:50:11 GMT
James Newell Osterberg Jr
Associated Acts: The Stooges
Vocal Range: E1 - D6
Significant High Notes:
D6 ("No Fun")
B5 ("Dirt", "Head On Curve" Morgan Sound Studios Take 2)
B♭5 ("L.A. Blues" Take 1, "Search and Destroy", "Shake Appeal", "Tight Pants", "T.V. Eye" Take 14)
A5 ("Death Trip", "Doojiman", "Fun House", "I Got a Right" Take 5, "Louie Louie", "New Values", "Open Up & Bleed" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "Real Wild Child (Wild One)" live Trondheim 2019, "T.V. Eye")
G♯5 ("Aisha", "Born In a Trailer" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "Down On The Street", "Howl", "Modern Day Ripoff", "No Fun", "Shake Appeal", "She Took My Money")
G5 ("1970" Take 1, "Doojiman", "I Dig Your Mind", "Johanna" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "L.A. Blues", "Little Electric Chair", "Rock Show", "Tight Pants")
F♯5 ("1970", "African Man", "Boogie Boy", "Death Is Certain", "Dog Food", "Eggs On Plate", "Fun House", "Funtime", "Howl", "I Snub You", "Loser", "My Baby Wants to Rock and Roll", "Oh My God", "Success", "Ugliness")
F5 ("Born In a Trailer" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "Go For The Throat", "Louie Louie", "Savior", "Shake Appeal", "Sister Midnight", "Squarehead")
E5 ("1970", "Bells & Circles", "Death Is Certain", "Dirty Sanchez", "Fun House", "Funtime", "I Hate People", "I Snub You", "In The Lobby", "Motor Inn", "Mr. Dynamite", "My Baby Wants to Rock and Roll", "Neon Forest", "Pussy Walk", "Rubber Legs" CBS 1973 Take 1, "Starry Night", "Street Crazies", "Ugliness", "Watching The News")
E♭5 ("Curiosity", "Drink New Blood", "Raw Power", "Trapped")
D5 ("Butt Town", "Death Trip", "Dying Breed", "Fire Engine", "Frenzy", "Penetration", "Sterility", "Street Crazies", "Time Won't Let Me", "Winners & Losers")
C♯5 ("Beyond The Law", "Eggs On Plate", "He's Frank (Slight Return)", "Sincerity", "Red Right Hand", "Superbabe")
C5 ("Furies", "Heavy Liquid" live Kansas City 1973, "I Need Somebody", "Money", "Penetration", "Turn Blue")
B4 ("Beyond The Law", "Dead Rock Star", "Don't Look Down", "How Do Ya Fix a Broken Part", "It's All Shit", "Johanna", "Mr. Dynamite", "Red Right Hand", "Search and Destroy", "Till The End Of The Night" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "Trapped", "Vulture", "Wild Love" Detroit Rhearsals 1973)
B♭4 ("Born In a Trailer" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "Bulldozer", "Funtime", "He's Dead / She's Alive", "How It Hurts (Rubber Legs)" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "Little Know It All", "Loose", "Pleasure", "The Weirdness", "Why Was I Born? (Freddy's Dead)", "Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell")
A4 ("Ambition", "Death Is Certain", "Death Trip", "Dirty Deal", "Five Foot One", "Gimme Some Skin", "Go For The Throat", "Happy Man", "Heavy Liquid" live Kansas City 1973, "Here Comes the Summer", "I Can't Explain", "I Got Nothin'", "I Need More", "I Need Somebody" Morgan Sound Studios 1973, "I Snub You", "I'm a Conservative", "It's All Shit", "Knockin' Em Down (In The City)", "Loco Mosquito", "Louie Louie", "Lucky Monkeys", "Lust For Life", "Money", "Neighborhood Threat", "No Fun", "Pussy Walk", "Strong Girl", "Take Care of Me", "Tell Me a Story", "Till The End Of The Night" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "Time Won't Let Me", "Turn Blue", "T.V. Eye", "Weasels", "We're All Gonna Die", "Whatever", "Wild Love" Detroit Rhearsals 1973, "Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell")
G♯4 ("African Man", "All The Way Down", "Baby, It Can't Fall", "Beat 'Em Up", "Boogie Boy", "China Girl", "Cock In My Pocket" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "Dirty Sanchez", "Football", "I'm Fried", "Johanna" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "Knucklehead", "Neo Punk", "Play It Safe","Search and Destroy", "Shake Appeal", "Sincerity", "Some Weird Sin", "Tight Pants", "Vulture")
G4 ("1969", "1970", "Ambition", "ATM", "Bang Bang", "Beyond The Law", "Born In a Trailer" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "Burn", "Butt Town", "Consolation Prizes", "Death Is Certain", "Dirty Deal", "Don't Look Down", "Down On The Street", "Eggs On Plate", "Five Foot One", "Fun House", "Funtime", "Gimme Some Skin", "Happy Man", "Here Comes the Summer", "The Horse Song", "How Do Ya Fix a Broken Part", "Howl", "I Can't Explain", "I Dig Your Mind", "I Got a Right", "I Need Somebody", "I Wanna Be Your Dog", "I Won't Crap Out", "I'm Fried", "I'm Sick of You", "Instinct", "It's All Shit", "The Jerk", "Johanna", "L.A. Blues", "Little Electric Chair", "Lonely Boy", "Loose", "Main Street Eyes", "Mr. Dynamite", "My Baby Wants to Rock and Roll", "My Idea of Fun", "Neighborhood Threat", "No Sense of Crime", "Open Up & Bleed" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "Perforation Problems", "Pleasure", "Ready To Die", "Red Right Hand", "The Regency", "Run Like A Villain", "Shakin' All Over", "Squarehead", "Strong Girl", "Superbabe", "Tom Tom", "Tonight", "Turn Blue", "T.V. Eye", "We're All Gonna Die", "What In The World", "Wild America", "Wild Love" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "Winners & Losers")
F♯4 ("African Man", "All The Way Down", "Baby, It Can't Fall", "The Ballad Of Cookie McBride", "Blah-Blah-Blah", "Boogie Boy", "Bulldozer", "Candy", "China Girl", "Dirty Love", "Dirty Sanchez", "Eat Or Be Eaten", "Fire Engine", "Football", "Frenzy", "Gimme Danger", "Hate", "Home", "How Do Ya Fix a Broken Part", "I Got Nothin'", "I Need More", "I'm a Conservative", "I'm Bored", "It's Our Love", "Kick Me", "Life Of Work", "Loco Mosquito", "Loser", "Low Life", "Lucky Monkeys", "Modern Day Ripoff", "My Baby Wants to Rock and Roll", "Neo Punk", "Neon Forest", "New Values", "No Values", "Oh My God", "Power & Freedom", "Pretty Flamingo", "Rock And Roll Party", "Rock Show", "She Creatures of the Hollywood Hills" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "She Took My Money", "Sea of Love", "Sickness", "Sixteen", "Skull Ring", "Some Weird Sin", "Starry Night", "Success", "Supermarket", "Take Care of Me", "Tell Me a Story", "Time Won't Let Me", "To Belong", "Ugliness", "The Undefeated", "Walking Through The Night", "Warrior Tribe", "Why Was I Born? (Freddy's Dead)", "You Can't Have Friends", "Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell", "You Want It Darker")
F4 ("1969", "Angry Hills", "Blood on Your Cool", "Born In a Trailer" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "Cock In My Pocket" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "Curiosity", "Dirty Deal", "Dirty Little Virus", "Drink New Blood", "Dum Dum Boys", "Furies", "Get Your Shirt", "The Horse Song", "I Wanna Live", "I'm Fried", "Isolation", "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)", "The Jerk", "Keep on Believing", "Knucklehead", "Little Know It All", "L.O.S.T.", "Mask", "Neighborhood Threat", "Nervous Exhaustion", "Nobody's City", "Perverts in the Sun", "Private Hell", "Ready To Die", "Rubber Legs" CBS 1973 Take 1, "Scene of the Crime", "Sex and Money", "Shake Appeal", "Sister Midnight", "Something Wild", "Sterility", "Street Crazies", "Trapped", "The Villagers", "Watching The News", "Weasels")
E4 ("1970", "All The Way Down", "Angel", "Angry Hills", "Ann", "ATM", "Baby, It Can't Fall", "The Ballad Of Cookie McBride", "Beat 'Em Up", "Bells & Circles", "Beyond The Law", "Billy Is a Runaway", "Burn", "Butt Town", "Candy", "Chains", "Chocolate Drops", "Cry For Me/Pinpoint Eyes" CBS 1973, "Dancing With The Big Boys", "Dead Rock Star", "Dirt", "Dog Food", "Don't Look Down", "Doojiman", "Down On The Street", "Eat Or Be Eaten", "The End of Christianity", "Endless Sea", "Facade", "Fire Girl", "Free & Freaky", "Fuckin' Alone", "Fun House", "Greedy Awful People", "Happy Man", "Here Comes the Summer", "Hideaway", "Highway Song", "Home", "How The Cookie Crumbles", "Howl", "I Can't Explain", "I Dig Your Mind", "I Got a Right", "I Wanna Be Your Dog", "I Won't Crap Out", "I'm Bored", "Instinct", "It's Our Love", "Job", "Keep on Believing", "Kill City", "Little Miss Emperor", "Loco Mosquito", "Lonely Boy", "Loose", "Love Transfusion", "Lucky Monkeys", "Main Street Eyes", "Modern Day Ripoff", "Motor Inn", "My Baby Wants to Rock and Roll", "Neo Punk", "Neon Forest", "New Values", "Nice To Be Dead", "No Fun", "No Values", "Pain", "Play It Safe", "Power & Freedom", "Pretty Flamingo", "Pussy Walk", "Raw Power", "Real Cool Time", "The Regency", "Rolodex Propaganda", "Search and Destroy", "Sell Your Love", "Shakin' All Over", "Skull Ring", "Squarehead", "Strong Girl", "Sunday", "Superbabe", "Supermarket", "Take Care of Me", "Till The End Of The Night" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "Tom Tom", "Tonight", "Trollin'", "Untitled (Hey Baby)" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "Vulture", "Warrior Tribe", "Whatever", "Winners & Losers")
Significant Low Notes:
B2 ("American Valhalla", "Asshole Rules The Navy", "Burn", "Dirty Deal", "Dirty Love", "Doojiman", "The Dreadnought", "Español", "Facade", "Gardenia", "German Days", "The Horse Song", "Houston Is Hot Tonight", "I Dig Your Mind", "I Hate People", "In The Lobby", "Instinct", "Little Doll", "Mars Is For Martians", "My Baby Wants to Rock and Roll", "My Idea of Fun", "No Values", "One For The Road", "Ordinary Bummer", "Paraguay", "Power & Freedom", "The Pure and the Damned", "Pussy Power", "Sincerity", "Some Weird Sin", "Take Care of Me", "Tonight", "The Villagers", "Warrior Tribe")
B♭2 ("China Girl", "Dying Breed", "Easy Rider", "I Need Somebody", "I Wanna Live", "Johanna" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "Loves Missing", "Lowdown", "Nobody's City", "Rockicide", "Savior", "To Belong")
A2 ("All The Way Down", "Angry Hills", "Baby", "Beat That Guy", "Break Into Your Heart", "Brick by Brick", "Candy", "Chains", "Comments", "Cry for Love", "Cry For Me/Pinpoint Eyes" CBS 1973, "DD's", "Death Trip", "Drink New Blood", "Eggs On Plate", "Español", "Et si tu n'existais pas", "Fire Girl", "Five Foot One", "Fuckin' Alone", "Fun House", "Furies", "Get Up & Get Out", "Glow In The Dark", "How Insensitive", "Inferiority Complex", "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)", "It's Our Love", "La Javanaise", "Little Doll", "Loco Mosquito", "L.O.S.T.", "Low Life", "No Fun", "Money", "Party Time", "The Passenger", "Passing Cloud", "Shoeshine Girl", "Street Crazies", "Sunday", "Till The End Of The Night" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "Tom Tom", "Tonight", "Trollin'", "The Undefeated", "Watching The News", "What Is This Thing Called Love?", "Whatever")
G♯2 ("Boogie Boy", "Gimme Danger", "Everybody's Talkin'", "Furies", "Highway Song", "Jealousy", "La Javanaise", "Life Of Work", "Look Away", "Mixin' The Colors", "Pain", "Penetration", "Social Life", "Strung Out Johnny", "The Weirdness")
G2 ("Asshole Blues", "Avenue B", "Baby", "Billy Is a Runaway", "Comments", "Cry for Love", "Doojiman", "Dum Dum Boys", "Eat Or Be Eaten", "German Days", "Get Your Shirt", "I Dig Your Mind", "I Need Somebody", "Je Sais Que Tu Sais", "Long Distance", "Loves Missing", "Lowdown", "Money", "Morning Show", "Mr. Dynamite", "Nazi Girlfriend", "Nice To Be Dead", "Nightclubbing", "Nobody's City", "Outta My Head", "Page", "Passing Cloud", "The Regency", "Risky", "Sahara", "Sex and Money", "Silent Night", "Sister Midnight", "Slide (Slidin' The Blues)", "Spanish Coast", "Till The End Of The Night" Detroit Rehearsals 1973, "The Undefeated", "Warrior Tribe", "We Have All The Time In The World")
F♯2 ("Ann" The Dance of Romance version, "Don't Lose Yourself", "Et si tu n'existais pas", "Gardenia", "He's Frank (Slight Return)", "Highway Song", "Howl", "I Want To Go To The Beach", "I'm Bored", "Loser", "Mars Is For Martians", "Only the Lonely", "Pussy Walk", "Squarehead", "Syracuse", "'Til Wrong Feels Right", "To Belong", "Trapped", "The Weirdness")
F2 ("Billy Is a Runaway", "Boogie Boy", "Dirty Little Virus", "Fire Engine", "Go For The Throat", "Here Comes the Summer", "I'm Going Away Smiling", "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)", "The Jerk", "The Little Drummer Boy", "Lowdown", "Mass Production", "Michelle", "New Atlantis", "Rockicide", "Sex and Money", "Sister Midnight", "Turn Blue", "Why Was I Born? (Freddy's Dead)")
E2 ("Baby", "Bang Bang", "Cold Metal", "Comments", "The Departed", "Don't Look Down", "Down On The Street", "Everybody's Talkin'", "Football", "Gardenia", "Girls", "He's Frank (Slight Return)", "How The Cookie Crumbles", "I Want To Go To The Beach", "I'll Be Seeing You", "Je Sais Que Tu Sais", "Job", "King Of The Dogs", "Les Passantes", "Livin' on the Edge of the Night", "Love Transfusion", "Main Street Eyes", "Michelle", "Miss Argentina", "Moonlight Lady", "Morning Show", "New Values", "Nice To Be Dead", "One For The Road", "Page", "Party Time", "Pussy Power", "Pussy Walk", "Real Wild Child (Wild One)", "Red Right Hand", "The Regency", "Sea of Love", "Shades", "Slide (Slidin' The Blues)", "Tom Tom", "Tuff Baby", "Unfriendly World", "Vulture", "What Is This Thing Called Love?", "You Want It Darker")
E♭2 ("Eat Or Be Eaten", "I Wanna Live", "I'm a Conservative", "Jealousy", "Loose", "Monster Men", "New Atlantis", "Paraguay", "The Pure and the Damned", "Strung Out Johnny", "Syracuse", "The Weirdness")
D2 ("Asshole Blues", "Break Into Your Heart", "Butt Town", "Candy", "Don't Look Down", "Everybody's Talkin'", "Everyday", "Facade", "Girls", "I Felt the Luxury", "I'm Bored", "It's Our Love", "King Of The Dogs", "Livin' on the Edge of the Night", "Long Distance", "Moonlight Lady", "Motorcycle", "Nazi Girlfriend", "Only the Lonely", "Pumpin' For Jill", "Risky", "Shoeshine Girl", "Spanish Coast", "Sweet Betsy From Pike", "What Is This Thing Called Love?", "Why Was I Born? (Freddy's Dead)")
C♯2 ("Comments", "The Dawn", "The Departed", "Don't Lose Yourself", "I Want To Go To The Beach", "Kick Me", "Les Feuilles Mortes", "Loneliness Road", "Miss Argentina", "Monster Men", "Run Like A Villain", "Sweet Betsy From Pike", "White Christmas")
C2 ("Afraid to Get Close", "Aggrophobe", "Bulldozer", "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night", "Football", "German Days", "Gold", "How The Cookie Crumbles", "I'll See Big", "I'm Going Away Smiling", "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)", "La Vie en rose", "Les Passantes", "Morning Show", "Motor Inn", "New York City", "Nice To Be Dead", "Paraguay", "She Called Me Daddy", "Unfriendly World", "La Uva", "White Christmas")
B1 ("The Acid Lands", "Aisha", "Black Sunshine", Les Feuilles Mortes", "Miniskirt Blues", "New Atlantis", "Only the Lonely", "The Pure and the Damned", "Pussy Power", "Red Right Hand", "Vulture", "Walking Through The Night")
B♭1 ("Aggrophobe", "Furies", "I Dig Your Mind", "Initials B.B.", "Kick Me", "Sahara", "Strung Out Johnny")
A1 ("The Acid Lands", "All The Way Down", "American Valhalla", "Gold", "Houston Is Hot Tonight", "La Uva", "Le Diplomate", "A Machine For Loving", "Miniskirt Blues", "Only the Lonely", "Real Wild Child (Wild One)" Red Bull Music Academy 2016, "Stray Dog", "We Are The People")
G1 ("Bulldozer", "You Want It Darker")
F♯1 ("Le Diplomate")
F1 ("Secrets")
E1 ("My Animus", "You Want It Darker")
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Green marks harsh and/or distorted notes.
{Questionable Notes}
B6 ("T.V. Eye" Take 8 [6])
B♭6 ("L.A. Blues" Take 1 [6], "T.V. Eye" [6])
E♭6 ("L.A. Blues" [6])
A5 ("New Values" [1])
G♯5 ("1970" [1])
F5 ("Shades" [2])
C2 ("L.A. Blues" [3], "T.V. Eye" [3])
F♯1 ("How The Cookie Crumbles" [4])
E1 ("Furies" [4], "L.A. Blues" Take 1 [3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
[6] marks notes that are most likely produced via reverse phonation (inhaling).
B6 ("T.V. Eye" Take 8 [6])
B♭6 ("L.A. Blues" Take 1 [6], "T.V. Eye" [6])
E♭6 ("L.A. Blues" [6])
A5 ("New Values" [1])
G♯5 ("1970" [1])
F5 ("Shades" [2])
C2 ("L.A. Blues" [3], "T.V. Eye" [3])
F♯1 ("How The Cookie Crumbles" [4])
E1 ("Furies" [4], "L.A. Blues" Take 1 [3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
[6] marks notes that are most likely produced via reverse phonation (inhaling).
{Album Ranges}The Stooges:
The Stooges (1969): A2 - D6 - @rebsedd
Fun House (1970): E♭2 - B5 - @rebsedd
Raw Power (1973): G2 - B♭5 - @rebsedd
The Weirdness (2007): E♭2 - G♯5 - Platypus
Ready To Die (2013): C2 - D5 - Platypus
Solo:
The Idiot (1977): E2 - F♯5 - @rebsedd
Lust For Life (1977): F2 - F♯5 - @rebsedd
Kill City (1977): D3 - C♯5 - Platypus
New Values (1979): D2 - A5 - @rebsedd
Soldier (1980): E♭2 - F♯5 - Platypus
Party (1981): A1 - F♯5 - Platypus
Zombie Birdhouse (1982): G1 - E5 - Platypus
Blah-Blah-Blah (1986): E2 - D5 - Platypus
Instinct (1988): E2 - F5 - Platypus
Brick By Brick (1990): B1 - F♯5 - Platypus
American Caesar (1993): D2 - F♯5 - Platypus
Naughty Little Doggie (1996): D2 - E5 - Platypus
Avenue B (1999): C2 - G4 - Platypus
Beat 'Em Up (2001): C2 - G♯5 - Platypus
Skull Ring (2003): C2 - G5 - Platypus
Préliminaires (2009): A1 - B♭4 - Platypus
Après (2012): A1 - D4 - Platypus
Post Pop Depression (2016): A1 - E5 - Platypus
Free (2019): A1 - E5 - Platypus
Every Loser (2023): E1 - G♯5 - Platypus
The Stooges (1969): A2 - D6 - @rebsedd
Fun House (1970): E♭2 - B5 - @rebsedd
Raw Power (1973): G2 - B♭5 - @rebsedd
The Weirdness (2007): E♭2 - G♯5 - Platypus
Ready To Die (2013): C2 - D5 - Platypus
Solo:
The Idiot (1977): E2 - F♯5 - @rebsedd
Lust For Life (1977): F2 - F♯5 - @rebsedd
Kill City (1977): D3 - C♯5 - Platypus
New Values (1979): D2 - A5 - @rebsedd
Soldier (1980): E♭2 - F♯5 - Platypus
Party (1981): A1 - F♯5 - Platypus
Zombie Birdhouse (1982): G1 - E5 - Platypus
Blah-Blah-Blah (1986): E2 - D5 - Platypus
Instinct (1988): E2 - F5 - Platypus
Brick By Brick (1990): B1 - F♯5 - Platypus
American Caesar (1993): D2 - F♯5 - Platypus
Naughty Little Doggie (1996): D2 - E5 - Platypus
Avenue B (1999): C2 - G4 - Platypus
Beat 'Em Up (2001): C2 - G♯5 - Platypus
Skull Ring (2003): C2 - G5 - Platypus
Préliminaires (2009): A1 - B♭4 - Platypus
Après (2012): A1 - D4 - Platypus
Post Pop Depression (2016): A1 - E5 - Platypus
Free (2019): A1 - E5 - Platypus
Every Loser (2023): E1 - G♯5 - Platypus
considering the D6 was over 50 years ago I think he can definitely still do it *sarcasm*
