However, are there vocally better singers? Of course. One could include Steve Perry from Journey, who rarely (if ever) used a falsetto, but could belt out a high note with the best of them (even if his voice was a bit nasally). Freddy Mercury was fantastic in Queen, even if his performances were too camp for my tastes. Even George Michael had a brilliant voice, with great range and a fantastic falsetto. I've also always enjoyed Jim Kerr, lead singer from Simple Minds. In fact, his vocals are very similar to Bono's (or vice versa). Arguably, all of these men are better than Bono. But does it make me enjoy Bono any less? Absolutely not.
Bono is
100 times technically better than Steve Perry and Jim Kerr. I Perry never even sings, he's a stylist. Anyone can scream a loud pitched noize for a long time. I produce loud screams whilst i'm having sex, does this make me a better singer then you? Also Niel's post was in reply to Jim Kerr's in which he admitted Bono was a better singer then him.
He's equal on a par to Mercury. Mercury was a lighter tenor than Bono who has a heavier resonance akin to the helden tenor. He's probably better than George Michael, in respect to flexibility in styles of music and the fact Bono can sing semi operatic parts in his songs which George Michael doesn't.
Comparing Bono to female vocalists is clearly tongue-in-cheek. First, the range alone is a big difference.
Wrong. Celine Dion has the same range as Bono and Susan Boyle has a 2 octave range. That is why she's been seeing a vocal coach to improve this.
And Boyle, even though she's a later bloomer, does have a great voice.The operatic stylings of Boyle
It's not operatic it's musical theatre. Bono uses operatic stylings, or have you forgotten?
[/QUOTE]or the over-singing powerhouses that are Dion or Mary J. Blige do make them better vocalists. [/QUOTE]
Stop being silly! I've heard it all now.
Oversinging means you're a better singer
. That's just like saying that Jim Carrey is a better actor than Al Pacino because he overacts
. When I looked at a website for a top university that trains young singers for opera they placed Bono on a higher score than Mary J Blige and on an equal score to Christina Agulira and Celine Dion. It mentioned all of the criteria but no mention of oversinging. Did Elvis, Karen Carpenter or Frank Sinatra ever oversing? They got higher scores by beating Whitney Houstan, Josh Groeban, Michael Ball and Freddie Mercury.
Range and the ability to produce vocal acrobatics has everything to do with the type of voice you were born with. Some voices maximum range is 2 and a half octave's whilst some can have 4 octaves with training.
Unfortunately, those styles aren't always to my liking. I can appreciate some of their work, but sometimes they lack the soul that Bono brings to his vocals.
I find that so patronizing when people say that. Anyone can sing with emotion. You should've heard me scream, oh sorry I mean "sing", with passion on Saturday night! Every singer out their sings with emotion. It's using technique that is the difficulty!
Given that I've never read anything truly negative about U2 or Bono from Neil McCormick, I really have no hatred about what is arguably a correct observation (and he's definitely entitled to this opinion).
No. Whether you're a good singer or
not is a fact, not an opinion. People always say that to disguise the fact that they don't know what they are talking about. Whether you consider Bill Gates to be computer litterate or not be a fact or opinion? Do you think that Tiger Woods golfing prowess was fact or opinion? You could say about anyone. It's my opinion that Paris Hilton is a better singer than Mariah Carrey, and I shall state this a matter of fact. After all, it is my opinion.
I'm sorry but I'm going to have put you in the ninny parade. I've seen this silly posts of yours before and I've always thought they were incorrect.
) what you're talking about.
