Burke Shelley (1,586 views)

[Rodney Blazershorts]

1950 - 2022
Vocal Range: G♯2-C♯6
Associated Acts: Budgie (1967-2010), Project DSP (big thanks to CT for helping to uncover these recordings)

Significant high notes:
C♯6: "Whiskey River" John Peel Show 1972
C6: "Baby Please Don't Go", "Hammer and Tongs", "Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman"
B♭5: "All Night Petrol", "Baby Please Don't Go", "Who Do You Want for Your Love?"
A5: "Forearm Smash", "Heavy Revolution", "Nutbush City Limits", "Same Old Sad Affair", "Whisky River", "Wildfire"
G♯5: "Breaking All the House Rules", "Hellbender", "I Can't See My Feelings", "Sweet Fast Talker", "You're the Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk", "Zoom Club"
G5: "Hammer and Tongs", "Living With Another Man", "Power Supply"
F♯5: "Breadfan" Los Angeles 1978, "Dish It Up", "Hammer and Tongs", "In for the Kill", "Lies of Jim (The E-Type Lover)", "Melt the Ice Away", "You're the Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk" Global Village 1974
F5: "Guts", "Picture on a Screen", "Rock Your Blood"
E5: "Forearm Smash", "Hot as a Docker's Armpit", "Napoleon Bona-Parts One & Two" Reading 1980 + San Antonio 2002, "Time to Remember"
E♭5: "The Author", "Barefootin'" live at Treorchy Rugby Club, "Breadfan" Global Village 1974, "Crash Course in Brain Surgery", "Guts" San Antonio 2002, "If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules", "Running from My Soul", "Slipaway", "Victim"
D5: "Blue Within Our Heart", "Crime Against the World" San Antonio 2002, "Heavy Revolution", "If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules", "Rape of the Locks", "Riding My Nightmare", "Rolling Home Again", "Stranded", "Superstar"
C♯5: "All Night Petrol", "The Author", "Breadfan", "Guts", "Hellbender", "Homicidal Suicidal", "Hot as a Docker's Armpit", "House of the Sinner", "I Can't See My Feelings", "In for the Kill", "In the Grip of a Tyrefitter's Hand" John Peel Show 1976 + Los Angeles 1978, "Living on Your Own", "Make Me Happy", "Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman", "Parents" Los Angeles 1978, "Rock Your Blood", "Running from My Soul", "Secrets in My Head", "Stranded", "Who Do You Want for Your Love?", "You're Opening Doors"
C5: "Can't Get Up in the Morning", "Change Your Ways", "Crash Course in Brain Surgery", "Crime Against the World", "Dish It Up", "Don't Lay Down and Die", "Drugstore Woman", "Finger on the Button", "Forearm Smash", "Heavy Revolution", "House of the Sinner", "I Ain't No Mountain", "I Turned to Stone", "I'm a Faker Too", "Keeping a Rendezvous", "Lies of Jim (The E-Type Lover)", "Napoleon Bona-Parts One & Two" Reading 1980 + San Antonio 2002, "Nutbush City Limits", "Picture on a Screen", "Rape of the Locks", "She Used Me Up", "Truth Drug", "Victim", "Wildfire", "Wondering What Everyone Knows", "Zoom Club"
B4: "Apparatus", "The Author", "Beautiful Lies", "Black Velvet Stallion" San Antonio 2002, "Breadfan", "Breaking All the House Rules", "Change Your Ways", "Dead Men Don't Talk", "Don't Cry", "Don't Lay Down and Die", "Flowers in the Attic", "Give Me the Truth", "Gunslinger", "Guts", "Hammer and Tongs", "Hellbender", "High School Girls", "Hold on to Love", "I Can't See My Feelings", "In for the Kill", "Justice", "Love for You and Me", "Love Is When You Love", "Napoleon Bona-Parts One & Two", "Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman", "Panzer Division Destroyed!", "Parents" Los Angeles 1978, "Pyramids", "Rape of the Locks", "Reaper of the Glory", "Renegade", "Rocking Man", "Same Old Sad Affair", "Sky High Percentage", "Slipaway", "Smile Boy Smile", "Superstar", "Sweet Fast Talker", "Time to Remember", "When You're Calling", "You're the Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk", "Young Is a World" BBC Paris Theatre 1972
B♭4: "All Night Petrol", "Anne Neggan", "Baby Please Don't Go", "Breaking All the House Rules", "Don't Cry", "Don't Dilute the Water", "Don't Go Away", "Finger on the Button", "High School Girls", "Hot as a Docker's Armpit", "I'm a Faker Too", "If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules", "Living on Your Own", "Melt the Ice Away", "Quacktor and the Bureaucrats", "Riding My Nightmare", "Sky High Percentage", "Slipaway", "Who Do You Want for Your Love?", "You Ain't Got Love", "You're Opening Doors"
A4: "Bored With Russia", "Change Your Ways", "Dead Men Don't Talk", "Dish It Up", "(Don't Want to) Find That Girl", "Flowers in the Attic", "Gunslinger", "I Don't Want to Throw You", "I'm Compressing the Comb on a Cockerel's Head", "Keeping a Rendezvous", "N.O.R.A.D. (Doomsday City)", "Napoleon Bona-Parts One & Two", "Renegade", "Same Old Sad Affair", "Secrets in My Head", "She Used Me Up", "Tell Me Tell Me", "Time to Remember", "Wait Till Tomorrow", "Young Girl"

Significant Low Notes
G♯3: "Breadfan", "Sky High Percentage", "When You're Calling", "Who Do You Want for Your Love?", "Young Girl"
G3: "Apparatus", "Falling", "Hammer and Tongs", "I Can't See My Feelings", "I Don't Want to Throw You", "Lies of Jim (The E-Type Lover)", "Love Is When You Love", "N.O.R.A.D. (Doomsday City)", "Quacktor and the Bureaucrats", "Riding My Nightmare", "Stranded", "You and I"
F♯3: "All at Sea", "Apparatus", "Dead Men Don't Talk", "Dish It Up", "Flowers in the Attic", "In for the Kill", "In the Grip of a Tyrefitter's Hand", "Living on Your Own", "Napoleon Bona-Parts One & Two", "Who Do You Want for Your Love?", "You Know I'll Always Love You", "Young Is a Word"
F3: "All at Sea", "Can't Get Up in the Morning", "Don't Dilute the Water", "Don't Go Away", "Homicidal Suicidal", "I Can't See My Feelings", "I Turned to Stone", "Parents", "Signed Your Own Fate", "You're Opening Doors"
E3: "Blue Within Our Heart", "Everything in My Heart", "In for the Kill" Los Angeles 1978, "Signed Your Own Fate", "Slipaway", "Tell Me Tell Me", "Wondering What Everyone Knows", "You and I"
E♭3: "Baby Please Don't Go", "Don't Go Away", "I Ain't No Mountain", "Living With Another Man", "Quacktor and the Bureaucrats", "Rolling Home Again", "Slipaway", "Smile Boy Smile", "When You're Calling", "You Ain't Got Love", "You Know I'll Always Love You", "You're the Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk"
D3: "Alison", "The Author", "Beautiful Lies", "Captain", "I Turned to Stone" San Antonio 2002, "Riding My Nightmare", "Rolling Home Again"
C♯3: "Honey", "Living With Another Man", "Wondering What Everyone Knows"
C3: "Quacktor and the Bureaucrats", "We're All Living in Cuckooland"
B2: "Alison", "Gunslinger", "Heaven in Your Eyes"
A2: "Love Is Enough", "Same Old Sad Affair"
G♯2: "Picture on the Screen"
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*Blue marks soft falsetto notes.
*Green marks harsh, distorted notes.
*Underline marks notes in backing vocals.
*Italics mark non-melodic notes.

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{Questionable Notes}
A5: "Can't Get Up in the Morning" ^[5], "Who Do You Want for Your Love?" ^[1]
E♭3: "Signed Your Own Fate" ^[2]
B2: "I'm Compressing the Comb on a Cockerel's Head" ^[2]
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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.

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{Album Ranges}Budgie
1971: Budgie: D3-B♭5-C6
1972: Squawk: D3-A5
1973: Never Turn Your Back on a Friend: D3-C6
1974: In for the Kill: C♯3-G♯5-C6
1975: Bandolier: E♭3-B♭5
1976: If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules: C3-D5-E♭5
1978: Impeckable: E♭3-F♯5
1980: Power Supply: B2-A5
1980: If Swallowed Do Not Induce Vomiting: G3-A5
1981: Night Flight: F3-D5
1982: Deliver Us from Evil: B2-C5
2002: Life in San Antonio: B2-E5-G5
2004: The Last Stage (recorded 1979-85): G♯2-A5
2006: You're All Living in Cuckooland: A2-B4

[axisundone]

R.I.P

[Rodney Blazershorts]

Well damn. Though the chances of a Budgie revival were always extremely low.