Billy Idol (6,119 views)

[Baronessa]

William Michael Albert Broad (30 November 1955)
Member of: Generation X (1976 - 1981)
Vocal Range: B♭1 - E♭6

Probably best known as the voice and face (and hair) of early MTV, which I suppose is easy to sneer at nowadays, but that grin is usually turned upside down when you find out he helped form some of the original punk rockers in Generation X. At some untraceable point in time he got old, but nobody bothered to tell him, and as a result, ever since his comeback with Devil's Playground he's been better than ever at singing vocal lines that would have seemed impossible for him in the past.

Significant High Notes:

E♭6 ("Dead on Arrival")
B5 ("Shock to the System", "World's Forgotten Boy")
A5 ("The Loveless", "The Right Way", "Then the Night Comes")
G♯5 ("Buried Alive", "What Do You Want")
G5 ("Concrete Kingdom", "Power Junkie", "The Preacher" Michigan 2000, "Pumping on Steel", "Tomorrow People")
F♯5 ("Back Door Man" Whisky-a-Go-Go 1991, "Dancing With Myself", "English Dream", "Love Labours On". "Love Unchained", "Nobody's Business", "Postcards from the Past", "Sealed With a Kiss" Live at the Joint, "Shock to the System", "Super Overdrive", "Then the Night Comes", "Thunderstruck" Stadtpark Open Air 2006, "Whiskey and Pills")
F5 ("Cradle of Love", "Fatal Charm", "Mony Mony" live, "The Right Way", "To Be a Lover", "Touch Me" Whisky-a-Go-Go 1991, "Trouble With the Sweet Stuff", "U Don't Have to Kiss Me Like That")
E5 ("Beautiful Life" live, "Dancing With Myself", "Blue Highway", "In the Summertime", "King Rocker", "L.A. Woman", "The Loveless", "Pumping on Steel", "Rat Race", "Then the Night Comes")
E♭5 ("Bitter Pill", "Fatal Charm", "Man for All Seasons", "New Future Weapon", "Romeo's Waiting", "Speed", "Super Overdrive")
D5 ("Baby Talk", "Back Door Man" Whisky-a-Go-Go 1991, "Cage", "Cousin Kevin" Universal Amphitheater 1989, "Don't Need a Gun", "English Dream", "Eve of Destruction", "Eyes Without a Face", "For What It's Worth" Bridge School Benefit 2001, "Heroin", "Mark of Caine", "Oh Mother", "Power Junkie", "Rebel Yell", "Rock On" Paris Theatre, London 1 January 1981, "(Do Not) Stand in the Shadows", "Thunderstruck" Stadtpark Open Air 2006, "U Don't Have to Kiss Me Like That")
C♯5 ("Good to Go", "I Am You" House of Blues, Chicago, IL 2000, "Into the Night", "John Wayne", "Mother Dawn", "Motorbikin'", "One Breath Away", "Ready Steady Go" Rock am Ring 2005, "Rita Hayworth", "Romeo's Waiting", "Santa Claus Is Back in Town")
C5 ("Bang a Gong (Get It On)" Bonnaroo SuperJam 2013, "Bitter Taste", "Body Snatcher", "Cage", "Crazy" Guilfest 2006, "Dancin' Clown", "Into the Night", "Jump" Rock am Ring 2005, "Plastic Jesus", "Power Junkie", "Running from the Ghost", "Scream", "Silent Night", "Tomorrow Never Knows", "Tomorrow People", "Touch My Love" In Super Overdrive, "Trouble With the Sweet Stuff", "Valley of the Dolls", "Yellin' at the Xmas Tree")
B4 ("311 Man", "Beautiful Life" live, "Buried Alive", "Can't Break Me Down", "Cherie", "Cry" live, "Dead on Arrival", "Don't Shoot the Messenger" Bonn, Germany 8 July 2010, "Hollywood Promises", "I Am You" House of Blues, Chicago, IL 2000, "In the Summertime", "John Wayne", "Love and Glory", "Lovechild", "One Breath Away", "The Preacher" Michigan 2000, "Running from the Ghost", "Save Me Now", "Shangrila", "It's So Cruel", "L.A. Woman", "License to Thrill", "Oh Mother", "Psycho Beat", "Walk the Line" live, "Whiskey and Pills", "Wild Youth", "World Comin' Down")
B♭4 ("Bell Boy", "Big World Now" Washington, D.C. 2003, "Bitter Pill", "Bitter Taste", "Bleeding Me Insane", "Cradle of Love", "Dancin' Clown", "Don't Need a Gun", "Eyes Wide Shut", "Girls", "Heroin", "Into the Night", "Love Calling", "Man for All Seasons", "Mother Dawn", "No No No", "Power Junkie", "Promises Promises", "Rebel Like You", "Romeo's Waiting", "Santa Claus Is Back in Town", "Scream", "Sealed With a Kiss" Live at the Joint, "Super Overdrive" Rock am Ring 2005, "Tomorrow Never Knows", "Tomorrow People", "Too Personal", "Trouble With the Sweet Stuff", "U Don't Have to Kiss Me Like That", "What Do You Want")
A4 ("311 Man", "Andy Warhol" Paris Theatre, London 1 January 1981, "Baby Talk", "Beautiful Life" live, "Body Snatcher", "Buried Alive", "Cage", "Can't Break Me Down", "Cry" live, "Dancin' Clown", "Dead on Arrival", "Don't You (Forget About Me)", "English Dream", "Eve of Destruction", "Flesh for Fantasy", "For What It's Worth" Bridge School Benefit 2001, "Friday's Angels", "From the Heart", "Gimme Some Truth", "Good to Go", "Hole in the Wall", "Hollywood Promises", "I Dig Everything", "I've Had Enough", "The Invisible Man", "Jump" Rock am Ring 2005, "King Rocker", "Kings & Queens of the Underground", "L.A. Woman", "Love and Glory", "Love Labours On", "Love Unchained", "The Loveless", "Mony Mony", "Neuromancer", "New Order", "On Christmas Day", "One Hundred Punks", "The Preacher" Michigan 2000, "Prodigal Blues", "Psycho Beat", "Pumping on Steel", "Ready Steady Go", "Rebel Like You", "The Right Way", "Rock 'n' Roll", "Rock On" Paris Theatre, London 1 January 1981, "Running With the Boss Sound", "Shangrila", "Shock to the System", "Soul Standing By", "Speed", "(Do Not) Stand in the Shadows", "Summer Running", "This Heat", "To Be a Lover", "Touch Me" Whisky-a-Go-Go 1991, "U Don't Have to Kiss Me Like That", "Walk the Line" live, "Wasteland", "Wild Youth", "Yellin' at the Xmas Tree", "Youth Youth Youth")
G♯4 ("Bell Boy", "Bitter Pill", "Come On, Come On", "Cousin Kevin" Universal Amphitheater 1989, "Cry" live, "Day by Day", "Dead on Arrival", "Don't Need a Gun", "English Dream", "Evil Eye", "Flash as Hell", "Ghosts in My Guitar", "Happy People", "Heaven's Inside", "In the Summertime", "Lovechild", "Motorbikin'", "Neuromancer", "Night of the Cadillacs", "Nobody's Business", "Oh Mother", "On Christmas Day", "Promises Promises", "Rita Hayworth", "Romeo's Waiting", "Running from the Ghost", "Santa Claus Is Back in Town", "Silent Night", "What Do You Want", "Wild Youth", "World Comin' Down", "Yellin' at the Xmas Tree", "Youth Youth Youth")
G4 ("Anna Smiles", "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" Bonnaroo SuperJam 2013, "Big World Now" Washington, D.C. 2003, "Born to Be Wild" live 2003, "Cage", "Cradle of Love", "Crank Call", "Crazy" Guilfest 2006, "Daytime Drama", "Don't Need a Gun", "Don't Shoot the Messenger" Bonn, Germany 8 July 2010, "Don't You (Forget About Me)", "Fatal Charm", "For What It's Worth" Bridge School Benefit 2001, "Fractured", "From the Heart", "Girls", "Heroin", "Hot in the City", "The Hunter", "I Am You" House of Blues, Chicago, IL 2000, "I Dig Everything", "I've Had Enough", "It's So Cruel", "King Rocker", "Kiss Me Deadly", "License to Thrill", "Love Calling", "Love Labours On", "Love Unchained", "The Loveless", "Man in the Killbox" live 2003, "Mark of Caine", "Merry Christmas Baby", "Modern Boys", "New Order", "Nothing to Fear", "One Hundred Punks", "Paradise West", "Plastic Jesus", "Postcards from the Past", "Power Junkie", "Promises Promises", "Psycho Beat", "Pumping on Steel", "Rat Race", "Ready Steady Go", "Rock 'n' Roll", "Rock On" Paris Theatre, London 1 January 1981, "Scarred for Life" Ventura Theatre, Ventura, CA 18 December 2010, "Scream", "Shakin' All Over", "Shooting Stars", "Stars Look Down", "Summer Running", "To Be a Lover", "Tomorrow Never Knows", "Touch My Love" In Super Overdrive, "Trying for Kicks", "Valley of the Dolls", "Walk the Line" live, "Wasteland", "Whiskey and Pills", "Winter Wonderland")
F♯4 ("311 Man", "Andy Warhol" Paris Theatre, London 1 January 1981, "Baby Talk", "Bleeding Me Insane", "Blue Highway", "Born to Be Wild" live 2003, "Cherie", "Come On, Come On", "Day by Day", "Evil Eye", "Eyes Wide Shut", "Flash as Hell", "Flesh for Fantasy", "Fractured", "Ghosts in My Guitar", "Heaven's Inside", "Hole in the Wall", "Hollywood Promises", "I've Had Enough", "The Invisible Man", "John Wayne", "Kings & Queens of the Underground", "Kleenex", "Lady Do or Die", "Listen", "Love Is Strange" Paradiso, Amsterdam 12 July 2010, "Love Like Fire", "Lovechild", "Man for All Seasons", "Mony Mony", "Motorbikin'", "New Future Weapon", "Night of the Cadillacs", "On Christmas Day", "Paradise West", "Poison", "Postcards from the Past", "Rebel Yell", "Revenge", "Run Rudolph Run", "Running With the Boss Sound", "Save Me Now", "Scarred for Life" Ventura Theatre, Ventura, CA 18 December 2010, "Sealed With a Kiss" Live at the Joint, "Shock to the System", "Soul Standing By", "Stranger in My Skin" Atlantic City, NJ 18 September 2003, "Super Overdrive", "Then the Night Comes", "Too Personal", "Triumph", "Untouchables", "Venus", "White Wedding", "World's Forgotten Boy", "Yellin' at the Xmas Tree", "Your Generation")

Significant Low Notes:

D3 ("All Summer Single", "Andy Warhol" Paris Theatre, London 1 January 1981, "Baby Put Your Clothes Back On", "Beautiful Life" live, "Born to Be Wild" live 2003, "Cage", "Cathy Come Home", "Christmas Love", "Concrete Kingdom", "Congo Man", "Cousin Kevin" Universal Amphitheater 1989, "Crank Call", "Cry" live, "Daytime Drama", "Dead on Arrival", "Don't Shoot the Messenger" Bonn, Germany 8 July 2010, "Endless Sleep", "Eve of Destruction", "Eyes Without a Face", "For What It's Worth" Bridge School Benefit 2001, "Friday's Angels", "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen", "Happy Holiday", "Hot in the City", "The Hunter", "I Dig Everything", "It's So Cruel", "Jingle Bell Rock", "John Wayne", "Kings & Queens of the Underground", "Kiss Me Deadly", "L.A. Woman", "Let It Snow", "Louisiana" live 2006, "Love and Glory", "Love Calling", "Love Labours On", "Neuromancer", "O Christmas Tree", "One Breath Away", "The Preacher" Michigan 2000, "The Prime of Kenny Silvers, Pt. 1", "Rat Race", "Ready Steady Go", "Rebel Like You", "The Right Way", "Rock On" Paris Theatre, London 1 January 1981, "Running from the Ghost", "Running With the Boss Sound", "Shangrila", "Silver Bells", "Soul Standing By", "(Do Not) Stand in the Shadows", "Stars Look Down", "Stranger in My Skin" Atlantic City, NJ 18 September 2003, "Untouchables", "What Do You Want", "Winter Wonderland")
C♯3 ("Bang a Gong (Get It On)" Bonnaroo SuperJam 2013, "Beyond Belief", "Blue Highway", "Don't Need a Gun", "Evil Eye", "Eyes Wide Shut", "Faded Love", "Ghosts in My Guitar", "Happy Holiday", "Heaven's Inside", "In the Summertime", "Love Unchained", "Man for All Seasons", "Motorbikin'", "Night of the Cadillacs", "On Christmas Day", "Promises Promises", "Rita Hayworth", "Romeo's Waiting", "Sealed With a Kiss" Live at the Joint, "Touch Me" Whisky-a-Go-Go 1991)
C3 ("Adam in Chains", "Auld Lang Syne", "Baby Put Your Clothes Back On", "Beyond Belief", "Big World Now" Washington, D.C. 2003, "Bitter Pill", "Body Snatcher", "Cathy Come Home", "Crazy" Guilfest 2006, "Dancin' Clown", "Don't You (Forget About Me)", "Frosty the Snowman", "Girls", "Here Comes Santa Claus", "Heroin", "Hot in the City", "Let It Snow", "Love Labours On", "Love Like Fire", "Man in the Killbox" live 2003, "Prodigal Blues", "Pumping on Steel", "The Right Way", "Scream", "Silent Night", "Sleeping With an Angel", "Speed", "Stars Look Down", "Summer Running", "To Be a Lover", "Tomorrow Never Knows", "Tomorrow People", "Valley of the Dolls", "White Christmas", "Yellin' at the Xmas Tree")
B2 ("Bang a Gong (Get It On)" Bonnaroo SuperJam 2013, "Blue Christmas", "Can't Break Me Down", "Christmas Love", "Come On, Come On", "Cry" live, "Dancing With Myself", "The Dead Next Door", "Don't Shoot the Messenger" Bonn, Germany 8 July 2010, "Eve of Destruction", "Eyes Without a Face", "Faded Love", "Flash as Hell", "Flesh for Fantasy", "Fractured", "Ghosts in My Guitar", "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen", "Good to Go", "Happy People", "Hollywood Promises", "John Wayne", "Kings & Queens of the Underground", "License to Thrill", "Love Unchained", "Man for All Seasons", "Mark of Caine", "New Future Weapon", "Nobody's Business", "On Christmas Day", "One Breath Away", "Paradise West", "Postcards from the Past", "The Prime of Kenny Silvers, Pt. 2", "Prodigal Blues", "Rebel Yell", "Revenge", "Save Me Now", "Scarred for Life" Ventura Theatre, Ventura, CA 18 December 2010, "Shangrila", "Silver Bells", "Soul Standing By", "Stranger in My Skin" Atlantic City, NJ 18 September 2003, "Then the Night Comes", "Thunderstruck" Stadtpark Open Air 2006, "Untouchables", "Venus", "What Do You Want", "Whiskey and Pills", "White Christmas", "White Wedding", "World's Forgotten Boy")
B♭2 ("Bell Boy", "Bitter Pill", "Bitter Taste", "Dancin' Clown", "Eyes Wide Shut", "Into the Night", "Merry Christmas Baby", "Night Crawling", "Scream", "Sealed With a Kiss" Live at the Joint, "To Be a Lover")
A2 ("Baby Talk", "Big World Now" Washington, D.C. 2003, "Buried Alive", "Catch My Fall", "Cathy Come Home", "Don't Need a Gun", "Don't You (Forget About Me)", "English Dream", "Fatal Charm", "Flash as Hell", "For What It's Worth" Bridge School Benefit 2001, "Fractured", "Good to Go", "Hollywood Promises", "King Rocker", "Kings & Queens of the Underground", "Love and Glory", "Love Like Fire", "The Loveless", "Nothing to Fear", "O Christmas Tree", "One Night, One Chance", "Paradise West", "Pumping on Steel", "Rebel Yell", "The Right Way", "Running With the Boss Sound", "Shangrila", "Shooting Stars", "Sleeping With an Angel", "Sweet Sixteen", "Then the Night Comes", "Trouble With the Sweet Stuff", "Venus", "Wasteland", "White Wedding", "World's Forgotten Boy")
G♯2 ("Adam in Chains", "Bell Boy", "Bitter Taste", "Can't Break Me Down", "Lovechild", "Mother Dawn", "Promises Promises", "Revenge", "Silent Night")
G2 ("All Summer Single", "Auld Lang Syne", "Catch My Fall", "Cherie", "Here Comes Santa Claus", "Heroin", "It's So Cruel", "Lady Do or Die", "Love Calling", "Love Unchained", "The Loveless", "Mark of Caine", "Merry Christmas Baby", "Miss Nobody", "Nothing to Fear", "One Night, One Chance", "Plastic Jesus", "The Preacher" Michigan 2000, "The Prime of Kenny Silvers, Pt. 2", "Prodigal Blues", "Summer Running", "Sweet Sixteen", "Tomorrow Never Knows", "U Don't Have to Kiss Me Like That", "Wasteland", "White Christmas")
F♯2 ("Baby Talk", "Can't Break Me Down", "Cousin Kevin" Universal Amphitheater 1989, "Fractured", "Happy Holiday", "Happy People", "Hole in the Wall", "Into the Night", "Lady Do or Die", "Run Rudolph Run", "Running from the Ghost", "Scarred for Life" Ventura Theatre, Ventura, CA 18 December 2010, "Shangrila")
F2 ("Auld Lang Syne", "Buried Alive", "Cherie", "Dancin' Clown", "Girls", "Love Calling", "Miss Nobody", "Mother Dawn", "Night Crawling", "Sleeping With an Angel", "Touch Me" Whisky-a-Go-Go 1991)
E2 ("Christmas Love", "The Dead Next Door", "English Dream", "Happy People", "Hole in the Wall", "In the Summertime", "Lady Do or Die", "License to Thrill", "One Night, One Chance", "Plastic Jesus", "Whiskey and Pills")
E♭2 ("Adam in Chains", "Mother Dawn")
D2 ("Catch My Fall", "Fatal Charm", "Happy Holiday", "Heroin", "Mark of Caine", "Miss Nobody", "Rat Race", "Running from the Ghost", "Sweet Sixteen", "Trouble With the Sweet Stuff")
C2 ("The Loveless", "Plastic Jesus")
B1 ("Blue Christmas")
B♭1 ("Mother Dawn")

SPOILER: Click to show

{Questionable Notes}G6 ("Rock 'n' Roll"^[1a])
F6 ("White Wedding"^[1a])
E6 ("Flash as Hell"^[1a])
D6 ("English Dream"^[1a], "The Hunter"^[1a], "Motorbikin'"^[1a])
B5 ("Sherri"^[1c])
A5 ("I Dig Everything"^[1b], "L.A. Woman"^[1c])
G♯5 ("Night Crawling"^[1c])
G5 ("Love Calling"^[1a], "Scream"^[1c])
F♯5 ("Lovechild"^[1c])
F5 ("Santa Claus Is Back in Town"^[1c], "Valley of the Dolls"^[1c])
E5 ("311 Man"^[1c], "U Don't Have to Kiss Me Like That"^[2b])
E♭5 ("No No No"^[1c], "Rita Hayworth"^[1c])
D5 ("Come On, Come On"^[1c], "Dancin' Clown"^[1c], "Don't You (Forget About Me)"^[1c], "John Wayne"^[2a])
C♯5 ("Ghosts in My Guitar"^[2b])
B4 ("Fractured"^[2a], "Stranger in My Skin" Atlantic City, NJ 18 September 2003^[1c])

B2 ("311 Man"^[1d])
B♭2 ("Santa Claus Is Back in Town"^[1d])
A2 ("The Hunter"^[1d], "Rock 'n' Roll"^[1d])
G2 ("Power Junkie"^[1d])
F♯2 ("Eyes Wide Shut"^[1d], "Ghosts in My Guitar"^[2c], "Neuromancer"^[2c], "Shock to the Sytem"^[1d])
F2 ("Jingle Bell Rock"^[1d])
E2 ("Endless Sleep"^[1d], "John Wayne"^[1d], "Wasteland"^[2c])
E♭2 ("Bell Boy"^[1e], "Cradle of Love"^[1e])
D2 ("L.A. Woman"^[1d], "License to Thrill"^[1d], "O Christmas Tree"^[1d], "Prodigal Blues"^[1d], "Segue Prayer"^[2d], "Speed"^[1e])
C2 ("Frosty the Snowman"^[2c], "Merry Christmas Baby"^[2c], "Opening Manifesto"^[2d], "Sleeping With an Angel"^[1d], "Tomorrow People"^[3a])
B1 ("Buried Alive"^[1d], "Postcards from the Past"^[2c], "Shangrila"^[3b])
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[1] Questionable quality
a. Extremely disconnected squeals
b. Pure banter
c. Short, borderline toneless screams
d. Fryish dips that may or may not land anywhere
e. Squashed exhalations that may or may not have any tone

[2] Questionable representativeness
a. Short, distorted scoops
b. Short falsetto exclamations
c. Short anacrusis
d. Spoken word

[3] Questionable legitimacy
a. Barely audible whispering that may or may not have any tone
b. Probably just a sample

Questionable notes are any notes with a questionable significance. In short, this spoiler acknowledges notes that I am aware exist, but do not want to contribute to the singer's range. These involve (but are not limited to) weak vocal fry, uncontrolled slides, very short notes, notes hit at an ambiguous pitch and notes where it is unclear who is singing.

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• Blue denotes falsetto passages.
• Green denotes harshly distorted passages.
• Bold denotes outstanding passages.
• Italics denote non-melodic passages.
• Underlines denote obscured passages.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Vocal Range Timeline}Generation X:
Generation X (1978): G♯2 - B♭4
Valley of the Dolls (1979): E2 - C5 - F♯5
Kiss Me Deadly (1981): E2 - G♯5

Billy Idol:
Billy Idol (1982): E2 - F♯5 - E♭6
Rebel Yell (1983): D2 - A4 - E5
Whiplash Smile (1986): D2 - E♭5 - B5
Charmed Life (1990): C2 - F5 - A5
Cyberpunk (1993): B♭1 - G5 - B5
Devil's Playground (2005): C2 - F♯5
Happy Holidays (2006): B1 - C♯5
Kings & Queens of the Underground (2014): E2 - F♯5
The Roadside (2021): G2 - D5 - F5
The Cage (2022): D2 - C5 - D5

[Henny Macc]

I guess my reminder to check this guest appearance didn't quite register

Possibly bold-worthy B♭2s here on the verses, a short G♭2 at 0:25, G♭4s at 2:05, 2:25 sounds like it could be a flat C5 followed by a series of strong B♭4s, and then possibly a D♭5 at 3:02.

I really like Billy's approach to singing music like this - his low register on those verses sounds nicely spooky and menacing, and then his regular fourth octave grit also serves the more energetic parts of the song quite well. If there's more stuff like this in his discography, I might be interested in hearing it.

[Baronessa]

The closest you'll get to that sort of thing in his solo stuff is "Evil Eye" and "Body Snatcher" on Devil's Playground. Maybe a bit on the "New Future Weapon" single as well.

That song came out in 2000, and I think the optimal time to have him do metal songs was 2005 - 2010 where he had a perfect balance between very chilling lows and super resonant upper fourth octave belts. The shouty approach he has there doesn't really hold a candle to what he could do on Devil's Playground.

I think he could still find great use for his lows on metal songs, particularly doing stuff à la that "Whiskey and Pills" E2 passage. His highs are still great but they are a bit thinner than around the late noughties, so the money zone would definitely be lower. I would certainly welcome more metal songs sung in that kind of low register.

[mrtin]

There should be explained what do green notes mean for the people who doesn't know. Otherwise great work on this one.

[Baronessa]

I swear I had that in the key at one point in time lmao

[rebaru]

Finally got to see him live two weeks ago. This man is actually unbreakable.

[Baronessa]

The Roadside and The Cage are on the OP now, as well as the remaining song from Happy Holidays, "Here Comes Santa Claus".

There's some pretty crazy belting on his new stuff again.



Every C5 Billy sings I wanna bold.

[Homelander]

Wow. That is a lot more range than I would have expected him to have. Great thread!

[Henny Macc]

Dec 3, 2022 20:02:20 GMT Baronessa said:

Every C5 Billy sings I wanna bold.

Yo thanks for sharing this, this song is a certified banger! The phrasing in those C5 lines definitely sounds pretty tricky (reminds me a bit of Dexter Holland actually), though I also really love the gritty tone he achieves on the G4-A4 parts at the beginning of that chorus. The B4 at 2:19 also sounds pretty boldable to me.

[Henny Macc]

Feb 20, 2023 21:32:51 GMT Henny Macc said:

Dec 3, 2022 20:02:20 GMT Baronessa said:

Every C5 Billy sings I wanna bold.

Yo thanks for sharing this, this song is a certified banger! The phrasing in those C5 lines definitely sounds pretty tricky (reminds me a bit of Dexter Holland actually), though I also really love the gritty tone he achieves on the G4-A4 parts at the beginning of that chorus. The B4 at 2:19 also sounds pretty boldable to me.

Oof he does NOT have those notes live though...