Krist Novoselic (1,807 views)

[funnypun]

Krist Anthony Novoselic
Associated Acts: Nirvana (1987-1994), Sweet 75 (1994-2000), The No WTO Combo (1999-2000), Eyes Adrift (2002-2003), Flipper (2006-2009), Filthy Friends (2014-2015), Giants in the Trees (2017-2020)
Vocal Range: G2 - F#5 (2 Octaves 11 Semitones)

Significant High Notes
F♯5 ("Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves")
F5 ("I Feel Fine" Live At Northern Lights, Minneapolis 1991, "Scoff" Kapu - Linz, Austria 1989)
E5 ("Baba O'Riley" Rennes, France 1991, "Breakdance Boogie", "Heartbreaker (live)", "I Wanna Be Your Dog" London, UK 1989)
E♭5 ("Do You Love Me?", "Like A Virgin" Cambridge, MA 1990, "Territorial Pissings" Live At The Paramount 1991)
D5 ("Territorial Pissings")
C♯5 ("Scoff" Kapu - Linz, Austria 1989, Telephone Line" Live 1993 Broadcast, "Territorial Pissings" Cologne, Germany 1991)
C5 ("Funky Town" Melkweg, Amsterdam 1989, "More Than A Feeling" Live at Reading 1992, "Ride Like The Wind" Sheffield, UK 1991, "Territorial Pissings" Live at Reading 1992)
B4 ("All You Need Is Love" Live in Tacoma, 1990)
B♭4 ("Ring My Bell" Ghent, Belgium 1991, "Satisfaction" Detroit, MI 1991)
A4 ("All You Need Is Love" Live in Tacoma, 1990, "Breakdance Boogie", "The End" Ghent, Belgium 1991, "If I Fell" Live in Tacoma, 1990, "Ride Like The Wind" Sheffield, UK 1991)
G♯4 ("Baba O'Riley" Rennes, France 1991, "The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown)" Beehive Records, 1991, "No Rain" James A. Rhodes Arena, Akron, OH 1993, "We Will Rock You" Tokyo Japan, 1992)
G4 ("The Money Will Roll Right In" Live at Reading 1992, My Best Friend's Girl" Munich, Germany 1994)
F♯4 ("All You Need Is Love" Live in Tacoma, 1990, "We Will Rock You" Sao Paulo, Brazil 1993)

Significant Low Notes
F♯3 ("Dottie Dawn and Julie Jewel", "Maniac" University of Washington 1990, "Moving In Stereo" Munich, Germany 1994, "You Really Got Me" Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA, 1993)
F3 ("Dream On" Phoenix, AZ 1993", "Ring My Bell" Ghent, Belgium 1991, To All The Girls I've Loved Before" Stockholm, Sweden 1992)
E3 ("All You Need Is Love" Live in Tacoma, 1990, "Breakdance Boogie", "Passing Through" Utrecht, Netherlands 1989, "Safety Dance" King Performance Center, Seattle, WA 1993)
E♭3 ("I'm A Boy" Vienna, Austria, 1989, "We Will Rock You" Sao Paulo, Brazil 1993)
D3 ("I Feel Fine" Live At Northern Lights, Minneapolis 1991, "If I Fell" Live in Tacoma, 1990, "Inquiring Minds", "Pasted")
C♯3 ("The End" Ghent, Belgium 1991, "Lithium" Veterans Memorial Coliseum Interview)
C3 ("We Wish You A Merry Christmas" RuPaul's Christmas Ball 1993)
B2 ("Bohemian Rhapsody" Wort Radio Studio Interview 1990, "The Cup And The Lip", "The Money Will Roll Right In" Live at Reading 1992, "Seasons In The Sun" Motorcycle Interview, "Telephone Line" Live 1993 Broadcast)
A2 ("Moving To Florida" Miami, FL 1993, "October 1990 UK Interview")
G2 ("1993 MTV interview with Kurt Loder", "We've Only Just Begun" Sheffield UK Interview 1991)

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{Questionable Notes}Questionable High Notes
G♯5 ("Baba O'Riley" Rennes, France 1991 [1])
G5 ("Breakdance Boogie" [1], "Iron Man" [2])

Questionable Low Notes
F♯2 ("Bill Reid Interview" [3])
E♭2 ("School" Wort Radio Studio Interview 1990 [2])
F♯1 ("Bill Reid Interview" [3][5])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or insignificant 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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Blue marks falsetto notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this singers vocal capabilities.}

[motorist]

I'm sure that you considered this before, but I do think that "Territorial Pissings" notes should be listed as non-melodic. Or is the argument that because of the nature of Krist's vocals only the craziest non-melodic notes can be considered as such?

Great thread! There's lots of interesting notes here.

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{G4 in "The Money Will Roll Right In" Live at Reading 1992, there may even be a B2 at 2:13:}

[funnypun]

Jun 1, 2024 2:36:48 GMT motorist said:

I'm sure that you considered this before, but I do think that "Territorial Pissings" notes should be listed as non-melodic. Or is the argument that because of the nature of Krist's vocals only the craziest non-melodic notes can be considered as such?

Great thread! There's lots of interesting notes here.

SPOILER: Click to show

{G4 in "The Money Will Roll Right In" Live at Reading 1992, there may even be a B2 at 2:13:}

Yeah, the Territorial Pissings notes are weird. He pretty much makes up a new but similar “melody” every time he sings it so it’s hard to tell if the notes are sung with an intentional but improvised pitch or just randomly slung in the general vicinity of a pitch. Listening to them again I’m leaning towards slung, which is probably not enough to be melodic, even when compared to his other notes, so I changed them. I also added those other notes.

[Electric Mami]

I'm getting A2 on the "October 1990 UK Interview" bit, other than that just replace all the # by ♯ (same for the Bax Taylor thread) and it'll be good to go for Range Stuff

[Hennessy Macklemore III]

I'm actually hearing that "We've Only Just Begun" interview bit as getting down to F♯2.

[Electric Mami]

Nah G2 is correct ^.^