Talk About Raine's Voice Here, Kay thanks.

[John Bob the Great]

Who cares. At least he can still SING!

Let it go already!

[Locobone]

This discussion can be easily wrapped up in one word. Auto-tune. All the greats use it. If it's good enough for Cher and T-Pain why not Raine?

[DG]

[faninor]

Autotune still only moves you to the closest real note right? Oh snap!

[Heavy Alibi]

I saw GnR in Moncton a few weeks ago and I'm still wondering whether Axl Rose was singing with autotune or not. His voice sounded superb the whole concert, and he was clearly singing live (not lip synching).

[Shanae]

This discussion can be easily wrapped up in one word. Auto-tune. All the greats use it. If it's good enough for Cher and T-Pain why not Raine?

And with the weird, more electronic-sounding remix of Naveed. :yup:

[Codes]

I saw GnR in Moncton a few weeks ago and I'm still wondering whether Axl Rose was singing with autotune or not. His voice sounded superb the whole concert, and he was clearly singing live (not lip synching).

Axl doesn't autotune his voice has been on top for a while, he was insane in halifax

[Trustworthy]

FYI - axl rocks the autotune plugin live

[Heavy Alibi]

[Fabio_kun]

I don't think Raine sounds the same in both versions of Automatic Flowers. In fact, I think they sound VERY different. Back then he was much more confortable singing certain songs.

His voice has changed a lot. He's still cant get to all those falsettos from Car Crash, All My Friends and such songs. But the TONE of his voice has changed a lot.

There's absolutely NO WAY in the world he can sing like he used to. I mean, like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c7HJiswQkI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz5EB5xYhMc

He can sing those songs, but his voice has changed... and it's not about the falsettos, it's about the tone of his voice. I think it used to be a lot cooler back then. I still ove him and OLP, but it was a lot cooler and much more distinct back in the 90s. I would like hear a 2010 version of Let You Down. I bet he doesn't sound anything like this.

My 2 cents.

[Flynner]

Wow.

[runnersdialzero]

It's absolutely natural for someone's voice to change over time - no reason to fault anyone. It's natural with age, it's natural with the shifting climate of a person's life (i.e. being married with children now), and it's natural as your tastes and influences are changed and re-arranged over time. Other styles and tones appeal to you more at different times in your life.

The vibrato in his voice on the falsetto of the recently posted "Are You Sad?" is really, really nice - pretty similar to the sort of stuff he was doing back then. I don't know if he's necessarily "lost" anything, just changed in a lot of ways. "Wipe That Smile Off Your Face", the end, is another good, somewhat recent example. Still damn good - I know no one was saying he wasn't, but still.

[Trustworthy]

raines voice is like angels nibbling on my earlobes

[faninor]

Haunting.

[DG]

I'd just like to say that people can bitch about Raine's vocal changes all they want, but at least we don't have to go through what blink-182 fans are going through... Tom's voice is horrible in any live performances of older songs.

[todddowney]

[FireGX]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dqo3Wjzv4E

He did a pretty good vocal performance of that song at Montreal. Maybe just a bad day in Victoria?

[myownsatellite]

I can't believe people are still talking about this.

[DG]

Gum is used by runners to keep there mouth moist... Similar idea? Ha, singing with it isn't the best idea.


I remember him doing a pretty good job on Let You Down at Winnipeg.



I also don't see any issue discussing it. As long as it's not over the top and all the time.