Bad lows? (1,491 views)

[Yojojo]

Experienced singer or not, high notes are way easier to screw up than lows. But is there any notable examples of lows getting butchered? 

I have a few, and for some reason they're all tenor A2s.

Firstly, this example that's been shared on this forum before, a live performance of In Bloom. Kurt sounds like he's powering down.

Next, this example taken from one of my own threads. Chris put enough air into those A2s to blow up a balloon.   

Finally, this note from Michael Bolton, perhaps the most micro A2 of all time.

[Homelander]

This F♯2 from Barry Gibb.

[VocalDudeGuy]

I believe In Bloom is being played a step down in that performance, so he screwed up a G#2.



Weak as frick F1 according to Electric Mami. Edit: Late but this F1 dosen't actually belong to Tad lmao

[Hennessy Macklemore III]

Here we have Phil Naro failing at singing the A2 from "The Ocean" by Led Zeppelin, because even Robert Plant lows were too much for him to manage to sometimes

[VocalDudeGuy]

Brendan Maier on the struggle Bus for the Bleed the Freak Bb2, which is kinda funny cuz dude got banging C3s in his song "Out of Time"

[Steingrim]

Guy Penrod is a study in going for awfully low chest notes live, including an F2. The studio F2 in his thread here isn't that awful. Check out the vocal range video, things pick up very slowly. By D3 he seems to be in command.



There's a chest F5 at the end.

Jul 29, 2024 16:56:53 GMT Homelander said:

This F♯2 from Barry Gibb.

Compare to this F#2 from Prince : www.4shared.com/mp3/4DF2LbcBee/w8Kag_There_Is_Lonely_F2.html

[Homelander]

Jul 29, 2024 20:27:45 GMT Steingrim said:

Compare to this F#2 from Prince : www.4shared.com/mp3/4DF2LbcBee/w8Kag_There_Is_Lonely_F2.html

Sounds about similar quality, tbh.

[Steingrim]

Jul 30, 2024 0:07:32 GMT Homelander said:

Jul 29, 2024 20:27:45 GMT Steingrim said:

Compare to this F#2 from Prince : www.4shared.com/mp3/4DF2LbcBee/w8Kag_There_Is_Lonely_F2.html

Sounds about similar quality, tbh.

Barry Gibb's F#2 is a bit breathy and fades in volume. The entire melody line is sung breathily. Prince sounds like he's about to choke on that note, Barry Gibb probably has one or two more before that happens. Compared to Guy Penrod, they aren't very good at making that kind of note appear to work. Guy Penrod is a high tenor with easy C5s and higher.

I suspect that the mentioned D3 in the Guy Penrod video is actually Bill Gaither, who's a baritone, hence the ease and power. Disregarding that note, he sounds allright at B2 at least.

[CT]

You know I had to bring him up

[Homelander]

Sept 6, 2024 17:29:50 GMT CT said:

You know I had to bring him up

I challenge you to find a good low note of his.

[Yojojo]

Sept 6, 2024 17:51:42 GMT Homelander said:

Sept 6, 2024 17:29:50 GMT CT said:

You know I had to bring him up

I challenge you to find a good low note of his.

I'll do you one better, find a good note of his.

[clem]

I have no idea why Anders Friden chose to sing the intro of "Hallowed Be Thy Name" an octave lower than in the original. From about 1:15 on it's actually a pretty good melodeath cover of an Iron Maiden song, but he's really struggling through that first section.

[Yojojo]

Chris is back at it! Honestly, this sounds like it could be due to awful mixing, but these Bb2s are barely audible.

[Dark Star]

I forget it's G# or F#2, but Jagger is totally flat on the "she came from" on the opening line of Ruby Tuesday.

[mushymarionette]

It's hard to make low notes sound bad the same way as failed high notes which have that spectacular strained intensity and crack factor going on but those Cobain low notes truly are an example of bad lows lmao, he's struggling and it sounds just like that

[Hennessy Macklemore III]

Sept 8, 2024 23:28:27 GMT clem said:

I have no idea why Anders Friden chose to sing the intro of "Hallowed Be Thy Name" an octave lower than in the original. From about 1:15 on it's actually a pretty good melodeath cover of an Iron Maiden song, but he's really struggling through that first section.

That was a little beyond "really struggling"...that was some of the most pitchy, completely mumbled low singing I've heard in a long time. Sounds like a pisstake rendition of the first verse that they recorded as a joke, and the engineer accidentally mixed up that track with the finished version and somehow it made it into the final cut. Honestly one of the more embarrassing things I've listened to in music in a while. 

[Homelander]

I like to forget this exists.

[mushymarionette]

Sept 8, 2024 23:28:27 GMT clem said:

I have no idea why Anders Friden chose to sing the intro of "Hallowed Be Thy Name" an octave lower than in the original. From about 1:15 on it's actually a pretty good melodeath cover of an Iron Maiden song, but he's really struggling through that first section.

Damn, excellent choice! One of the worst truly

[Steingrim]

Sept 20, 2024 4:18:07 GMT Homelander said:

I like to forget this exists.

That's a duck attempting to sing an E3. And even a bit lower.

[VocalDudeGuy]

Sept 20, 2024 15:30:16 GMT mushymarionette said:

Sept 8, 2024 23:28:27 GMT clem said:

I have no idea why Anders Friden chose to sing the intro of "Hallowed Be Thy Name" an octave lower than in the original. From about 1:15 on it's actually a pretty good melodeath cover of an Iron Maiden song, but he's really struggling through that first section.

Damn, excellent choice! One of the worst truly

This is what happens when u make a tenor who hasn't slept for 30 hours try to sing like Peter Steele .

[Steingrim]

Sept 19, 2024 5:16:57 GMT Hennessy Macklemore III said:

Sept 8, 2024 23:28:27 GMT clem said:

I have no idea why Anders Friden chose to sing the intro of "Hallowed Be Thy Name" an octave lower than in the original. From about 1:15 on it's actually a pretty good melodeath cover of an Iron Maiden song, but he's really struggling through that first section.

That was a little beyond "really struggling"...that was some of the most pitchy, completely mumbled low singing I've heard in a long time. Sounds like a pisstake rendition of the first verse that they recorded as a joke, and the engineer accidentally mixed up that track with the finished version and somehow it made it into the final cut. Honestly one of the more embarrassing things I've listened to in music in a while. 

That sounds like me trying to sing in fry voice below my useful chest range. In other words, a pathetic lack of control. I can get pleasing tone down to F#1 but the probability plummets when going down that octave.  

[brookesquatchy]

i feel bad putting a guy from a video with like 500 views on blast but i saw this vid at some point somehow and my brain refuses to forget this note. no shade to him he's got like a decent C2 on some other song they did and the arrangement on this one is pretty alright but this moment is like etched into the code of my memory forever. it is like the auditory equivalent of a brillo pad

[Steingrim]

Sept 21, 2024 10:36:30 GMT brookesquatchy said:

i feel bad putting a guy from a video with like 500 views on blast but i saw this vid at some point somehow and my brain refuses to forget this note. no shade to him he's got like a decent C2 on some other song they did and the arrangement on this one is pretty alright but this moment is like etched into the code of my memory forever. it is like the auditory equivalent of a brillo pad

At least the volume was decent. Or maybe that makes it worse.

[mushymarionette]

I thought it was ok

[Steingrim]

Sept 24, 2024 15:22:56 GMT mushymarionette said:

I thought it was ok

I'm glad you didn't get any of your strings pulled from listening to that.