Post by Tara on Dec 28, 2019 5:21:52 GMT
James Euringer, known professionally as Jimmy Urine (b. 7 September, 1969)
Years Active: 1995 - present
Vocal Range: G♯2 - G6
Associated Acts: Mindless Self Indulgence (1997 - present), The Left Rights (2002 - 2010), EURINGER (2018 - present)
{Vocal summary}Jimmy Urine is probably best known for his controversial lyric-writing and his propensity to challenge the limits of his mix and falsetto. Defining which of his falsetto squeaks are melodic and/or intentionally landing on a specific pitch has been challenging, as I do not want to claim that every sound he makes is artistic. However, comparing some live performances with studio versions has proven that the majority of his squeaks are highly intentional. For example, I originally thought the C6-C6-B5 passage from "Boomin'" showed that he was not fully in control of his squeaks as he seemed to go flat on the last note, but he repeated this exact passage live with astonishing clarity and accuracy of pitch despite the song's lightning fast delivery.
Additionally, the last note in several[1] live[2] versions[3] of "Molly", where he says "big finish -" and then squeaks, uniformly hits C♯6. The fact that this note is not part of a bigger melody is, in this case, more impressive than if it were melodic, as it shows he can pull seemingly any specific pitch he wants to out of thin air, on-stage and off.
As for his low notes, there are not a huge number of them. A lot of passages in which he uses a deep tone sound low, but the pitch is in fact in the middle of the third octave (e.g. the start of "The Last Time I Tried to Rock Your World"). The most convincing passage in the second octave might be in in the phrase "blood is spilling" in "For the Love of God" (linked under 'G♯2'). Since he has chest notes up through the entire fifth octave, his lower extremity of G♯2 is absolutely fine with me.
I haven't yet found anything else above E6 other than the notes in "Harry Truman" that are essentially melodic moans, but I have hope. He often adds ornamentation to songs when performing them live, which is a blessing for me as I love adding evidence of his genuine talent. The song content can be silly sometimes, but that doesn't mean he isn't seriously good at his job.
Additionally, the last note in several[1] live[2] versions[3] of "Molly", where he says "big finish -" and then squeaks, uniformly hits C♯6. The fact that this note is not part of a bigger melody is, in this case, more impressive than if it were melodic, as it shows he can pull seemingly any specific pitch he wants to out of thin air, on-stage and off.
As for his low notes, there are not a huge number of them. A lot of passages in which he uses a deep tone sound low, but the pitch is in fact in the middle of the third octave (e.g. the start of "The Last Time I Tried to Rock Your World"). The most convincing passage in the second octave might be in in the phrase "blood is spilling" in "For the Love of God" (linked under 'G♯2'). Since he has chest notes up through the entire fifth octave, his lower extremity of G♯2 is absolutely fine with me.
I haven't yet found anything else above E6 other than the notes in "Harry Truman" that are essentially melodic moans, but I have hope. He often adds ornamentation to songs when performing them live, which is a blessing for me as I love adding evidence of his genuine talent. The song content can be silly sometimes, but that doesn't mean he isn't seriously good at his job.
Significant High Notes
G6 ("Harry Truman")
E6 ("2 Hookers and an 8 Ball" Alienating Our Audience)
E♭6 ("2 Hookers and an 8 Ball" Alienating Our Audience)
D6 ("3 S'", "Dickface" live New York, 1/20/1999, "Fighting with the Melody", "I'm On Crack" live Irving Plaza 3/11/12, "Last Gay Song", "Wack!")"
C♯6 ("Kick the Bucket" live NYC Halloween Parade '99, "I Hate Jimmy Page" live NYC Halloween Parade '99, "It Gets Worse live Pop's, Illinois, 04/07/2014, "Molly" various[1] live[2] performances[3], "Shut Me Up" Our Pain, Your Gain, "Thank God" live Ft. Lauderdale, 2002)
C6 ("Boomin'", "Jack You Up", "Harry Truman", "Lush", Master of Puppets/Hot Chocolate live Irving Plaza 3/11/12", "Rock Me Amadeus", "This Isn't Good", "Tornado", "You're No Fun Anymore Mark Trezona")
B5 ("2 Hookers and an 8 Ball", "Cocaine and Toupees" Bowery Ballroom, 1999, "Dickface", "Dicks Are for My Friends" live NYC Halloween Parade '99, "Disappoint", "Envy", "I Hate Jimmy Page", "La-Di Da-Di", "Like Shit" Alienating Our Audience, "Problematic", "Prom", "Prove Me Wrong", "Schnooze","Whipstickagostop")
B♭5 ("2 Hookers and an 8 Ball" Our Pain, Your Gain, "Backmask" live NYC Halloween Parade '99, "Golden I" NYC Halloween Parade '99; Our Pain, Your Gain, "Pokemon Sword & Shield - Gym Leader Piers", "Station Wagons", "Stalkers (Slit My Wrists)", "Wuthering Heights")
A5 ("Alienating Our Audience", "Brooklyn Hype (Part Two)" live at CBGB 2004, "Capitol P" Our Pain, Your Gain, "Diabolical", "Kick the Bucket", "Last Time I Tried to Rock Your World", "Mark David Chapman", "Mic Commander", "Money", "My World", "Played", "Step Up, Ghetto Blaster", "Take a Shit", "Thank God" Alienating Our Audience)
G♯5 ("Clarissa", "Cocaine and Toupees", "F*gg*t" Our Pain Your Gain, "For the Love of God", "Holy Shit", "I Hate Jimmy Page", "If You Figure This Out, We'll Suck Your Dick", "Masturbates", "Pussy All Night", "Ready for Love", "Revenge" Alienating Our Audience, "Slim", "Shut Me Up", "Tornado/Hail Satan", "Whipstickagostop")
G5 ("Ala Mode" Stockholm 2013, "Backmask", "Bite Your Rhymes", "Diabolical", "Fecal Freekal", "Harry Truman", "Jack You Up", "Joke", "Kick the Bucket", "Kill the Rock", "Last Gay Song", "Planet of the Apes", "Super Suburb Chix", "Thank God", "This Isn't Good", "Wack!" )
F♯5 ("1989", "Anonymous", "Ass Backwards", "Boomin'", "Born to Be Beheaded", "Bullshit", "Capitol P" Our Pain, Your Gain, "Detroit and Only Half Way Thru the Tour", "Device", "Dicks Are for My Friends" Our Pain, Your Gain, "Grab the Mic", "Hail Satan", "I Want to be Black", "It Gets Worse", "Make Me Cum", "Masturbates", "Panty Shot", "Place Disclaimer Here", "Prom", "Prove Me Wrong", "Pussy All Night", "Seven Eleven", "That's How Jimmy Gets Down", "Tom Sawyer" Our Pain, Your Gain, "Vanity")
F5 ("Bed of Roses", "Bitches", "Bomb This Track", "Bring the Pain", "Daddy", "Do You Kiss Your Mama with That Mouth?", "F*gg*t", "Golden I", "I Hate Everyone", "If You Figure This Out, We'll Suck Your Dick", "Keepin' Up with the Kids", "Molly", "Personal Jesus", "Pink Aqua Dress", "Revenge", "Sex for Homework", "Step Up, Ghetto Blaster", "Super Suburb Chix", "Wuthering Heights", "Young Black and Constipated")
E5 ("Backmask", "Born to Be Beheaded", "Capitol P", "Dicks Are for My Friends", "Frying Pan", "Grab the Mic", "I'm Your Problem Now", "Kill the Rock", "La-Di Da-Di", "London Bridge", "Mark David Chapman", "My World", "Played", "Rock Me Amadeus", "Tom Sawyer", "Wuthering Heights")
E♭5 ("2 Hookers and an 8 Ball", "5Tr82he11 (Straight to Hell)", "Alienating Our Audience", "Animal", "Anonymous", "Backmask", "Bitches", "Bring the Pain", "Bullshit", "Cocaine and Toupees", "Holy Shit", "It Gets Worse", "Jack You Up", "M", "Memory of Heaven", "Mic Commander", "Never Wanted to Dance", "Pay for It", "Problematic", "Rip Off", "Royally Fucked", "Seven Eleven" Our Pain, Your Gain, "Sex for Homework", "Slim", "This Hurts", "What a Fool Believes", "You're No Fun anymore Mark Trezona")
D5 ("3 S'", "Be Like Superman", "Born to Beheaded", "Casio", "Chubbinz", "Darth Vader (Who Gives a Sith)", "Evening Wear", "Fuck Machine", "Honkeys", "Hopeless", "Hungry Like the Wolf", "Last Gay Song" Alienating Our Audience, "Last Time I Tried to Rock Your World", "Pictures of Doodie", "Pink Aqua Dress", "Prescription", "Random EMO Top Line Generator", "Station Wagons", "Stupid MF", "Tom Sawyer", "Uncle", "Vanity", "Witness")
C♯5 ("1989", "Ala Mode", "Anonymous", "Ass Backwards", "Be Afraid of Who You Are", "Brooklyn Hype (Part One)", "Detroit and Only Half Way Thru the Tour", "For the Love of God", "Fuck Everything", "Genius", "Get It Up", "Girls on Film", "Greatest Love of All", "Hey Tomorrow Fuck You and Your Friend Yesterday", "I Hate Jimmy Page", "Kill You All in a Hip Hop Rage", "Mastermind", "My World", "Never Wanted to Dance", "Shut Me Up", "That's How Jimmy Gets Down", "White", "You'll Rebel to Anything")
C5 ("5Tr82he11 (Straight to Hell)", "Cake", "Casio", "Daddy", "Darth Vader (Who Gives a Sith)", "Do Unto Others", "Do Unto Others Pt. 2", "Fuck Machine", "I'm On Crack", "Issues", "Jack You Up", "I Hate Everyone", "La-Di Da-Di", "Pay for It", "Personal Jesus", "Pre-Teen Violence", "Problematic", "Random EMO Top Line Generator", "Revenge" Alienating Our Audience, "Written in Cold Blood")
B4 ("Dicks Are for My Friends", "Disappoint", "Friends", "Frying Pan", "Genius", "Hey Tomorrow Fuck You and Your Friend Yesterday", "Honkeys", "If It Ain't You Today It Will Be You Tomorrow", "Joke", "Kick the Bucket", "Lights Out", "Make Me Cum", "Married Alive", "The Medicine Does Not Control Me", "Out of My Minds", "Pope John Paul the 3rd", "Prom" Our Pain, Your Gain, "Prove Me Wrong", "Qy10", "This Hurts", "Tight", "What a Fool Believes", "Weirdo", "What Do They Know?")
B♭4 ("Ala Mode", "Angel", "Ass In My Face Part I", "Big Poppa", "Clarissa", "Do Unto Others Pt. 2", "Food", "Girls on Film", "Golden I", "Holy Shit", "Issues", "It Gets Worse", "On It", "Panty Shot", "Pay for It", "Piece of Me", "Played", "Pre-Teen Violence", "Station Wagons", "Stalkers (Slit My Wrists)", "Stupid MF", "Uncle", "Unsociable", "You're No Fun anymore Mark Trezona")
A4 ("Be Afraid of Who You Are", "Be Like Superman", "Capitol P", "Fighting with the Melody", "Free Porn", "Frying Pan", "Geeks for Fans", "Greatest Love of All", "Hardonz", "I Want to be Black", "If I Only Didn't Want to F the Ones Who Didn't Want to F Me", "If You Figure This Out, We'll Suck Your Dick", "Kill the Rock", "Money", "Qy10", "Sailor In a Life Boat", "Seven Minutes in Heaven", "Straight to Video", "Take a Shit", "Vanity", "What Do They Know?", "Xyzpdqbgs")
Significant Low Notes
F3 ("1989", "5Tr82he11 (Straight to Hell)", "All Together Friends Forever", "Angel", "Do Unto Others Pt. 2", "Do You Kiss Your Mama with That Mouth?", "Friends", "Keepin' Up with the Kids", "Personal Jesus", "Pre-Teen Violence", "Revenge", "Rip Off", "Sailor In a Life Boat", "Unsociable")
E3 ("Envy", "If I Only Didn't Want to F the Ones Who Didn't Want to F Me", "Last Time I Tried to Rock Your World", "London Bridge", "Mastermind", "Money", "Played", "Prove Me Wrong", "Qy10", "Straight to Video", "This Hurts", "Tight)
E♭3 ("1989", "Ass Backwards", "Device", "Disappoint", "Evening Wear", "Food", "Greatest Love of All", "It Gets Worse", "The Medicine Does Not Control Me", "Piece of Me", "Unsociable")
D3 ("Ala Mode" Stockholm 2013, "Bring the Pain, "Friends", "Genesis 16:12", "I'm On Crack", "Super Suburb Chix", "Xyzpdqbgs")
C♯3 ("Bed of Roses", Genius", "My World", "Prom", "Sex for Homework")
C3 ("Fuck Everything", "Ready for Love")
B2 ("Bed of Roses", "La-Di Da-Di", "Little Hard Ons", "Prescription", "Sex for Homework", "Wuthering Heights")
B♭2 ("Big Poppa", "Issues", "Pussy All Night")
A2 (I'm on Crack live Irving Plaza, NYC, 3/11/2012, Little Hard Ons", "Step Up, Ghetto Blaster")
G♯2 ("For the Love of God", "La-Di Da-Di")
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*Blue marks clear falsetto or whistle notes.
*Green marks harsh screamed notes.
*Italics mark non-melodic notes (e.g. "yoww"s are black italic, "hoo"s are blue italic).
*Underlines mark backing vocals/notes obscured in the mix.
*Boldface marks particularly impressive notes.
{Questionable notes}
F6 ("Bring the Pain" [1], "Futures" [1 - in key but too brief], Lush [4])
E♭6 ("Cocaine and Toupees" [1], "I Hate Jimmy Page" [1])
D6 ("Futures" [1 - in key but too brief])
C♯6 ("Super Suburb Chix" [4])
B♭5 ("Pre-Teen Violence" [6])
C6 ("Out of My Minds" [4])
A5 ("Disappoint" [1], "Hardonz" [6], "Problematic" [4])
B4 ("Kick" [2])
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E♭3 ("Make Me Cum" [4])
C♯3 ("Mic Commander" [4])
C3 ("Piece of Me" [4])
G2 ("Rock Me Amadeus" [2] or [4], "Weirdo" [2])
F♯2 ("Out of My Minds" [6])
F2 ("Get It Up" [3])
E2 ("This Hurts" [3])
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[1] marks yelps, squeaks and short trills in high range that are non-melodic and/or do not maintain significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[2] marks notes that may have been sung by another vocalist.
[3] marks probable vocal fry.
[4] marks notes that may have been pitch-shifted, are of questionable pitch, or are possibly generated by realistic-sounding synthesisers.
[5] marks notes that do not fit any of the above criteria, but are otherwise of insufficient quality to count towards this vocalist's range.
[6] marks notes that I couldn't hear clearly enough to make a decision about - please feel free to discuss them!
F6 ("Bring the Pain" [1], "Futures" [1 - in key but too brief], Lush [4])
E♭6 ("Cocaine and Toupees" [1], "I Hate Jimmy Page" [1])
D6 ("Futures" [1 - in key but too brief])
C♯6 ("Super Suburb Chix" [4])
B♭5 ("Pre-Teen Violence" [6])
C6 ("Out of My Minds" [4])
A5 ("Disappoint" [1], "Hardonz" [6], "Problematic" [4])
B4 ("Kick" [2])
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E♭3 ("Make Me Cum" [4])
C♯3 ("Mic Commander" [4])
C3 ("Piece of Me" [4])
G2 ("Rock Me Amadeus" [2] or [4], "Weirdo" [2])
F♯2 ("Out of My Minds" [6])
F2 ("Get It Up" [3])
E2 ("This Hurts" [3])
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[1] marks yelps, squeaks and short trills in high range that are non-melodic and/or do not maintain significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[2] marks notes that may have been sung by another vocalist.
[3] marks probable vocal fry.
[4] marks notes that may have been pitch-shifted, are of questionable pitch, or are possibly generated by realistic-sounding synthesisers.
[5] marks notes that do not fit any of the above criteria, but are otherwise of insufficient quality to count towards this vocalist's range.
[6] marks notes that I couldn't hear clearly enough to make a decision about - please feel free to discuss them!
{Discography}
Mindless Self Indulgence:
Pink (recorded 1990-1997, released 2015): G♯2 - D5 - E♭5 - G♯5 - B5
Mindless Self Indulgence (1995): B2 - C5 - F5
Tight (1999): D3 - F♯5 - C6
Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy (2000): A2 - F5 G6
Alienating Our Audience (2002): F3 - E♭5 - E6
Despierta Los Niños (2003): B♭3 - G5 - D6
You'll Rebel to Anything (2005) - G♯2 - B5/B5
Our Pain, Your Gain (recorded 2005, released 2007): D3 - B4 - A5 - C♯6
Another Mindless Rip-Off (2006): F3 - B4 - C6
If (2008): B♭2 - E♭5 - A5
<.3 (2010): C♯3 - D5 - B5
Tighter (2011): D3 - F♯5 - C6
How I Learned to Stop Giving a Shit and Love Mindless Self Indulgence (2013): B2 - E♭5 - D6
+ "Big Poppa", "Panty Shot", "Thank God"
The Left Rights:
The Left Rights (2002): D3 - B4 - B♭5
Bad Choices Made Easy (2010): D3 - D5 - G5
Solo:
EURINGER (2018): B2 - E♭5 - B5
+ "Fighting with the Melody", "Hungry Like the Wolf", "Rock Me Amadeus"
Thanks to onemorelight17 for boldly finding notes where no one has found them before
Mindless Self Indulgence:
Pink (recorded 1990-1997, released 2015): G♯2 - D5 - E♭5 - G♯5 - B5
Mindless Self Indulgence (1995): B2 - C5 - F5
Tight (1999): D3 - F♯5 - C6
Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy (2000): A2 - F5 G6
Alienating Our Audience (2002): F3 - E♭5 - E6
Despierta Los Niños (2003): B♭3 - G5 - D6
You'll Rebel to Anything (2005) - G♯2 - B5/B5
Our Pain, Your Gain (recorded 2005, released 2007): D3 - B4 - A5 - C♯6
Another Mindless Rip-Off (2006): F3 - B4 - C6
If (2008): B♭2 - E♭5 - A5
<.3 (2010): C♯3 - D5 - B5
Tighter (2011): D3 - F♯5 - C6
How I Learned to Stop Giving a Shit and Love Mindless Self Indulgence (2013): B2 - E♭5 - D6
+ "Big Poppa", "Panty Shot", "Thank God"
The Left Rights:
The Left Rights (2002): D3 - B4 - B♭5
Bad Choices Made Easy (2010): D3 - D5 - G5
Solo:
EURINGER (2018): B2 - E♭5 - B5
+ "Fighting with the Melody", "Hungry Like the Wolf", "Rock Me Amadeus"
Thanks to onemorelight17 for boldly finding notes where no one has found them before
