MERGED --> What is the highest note Bono hits w/o falsetto? + To all key/note experts

[U2DMfan]

U2DMfan,

Don't mean to be a bother, but do you have any stats on the high falsetto notes? I really appreciate your input with the other songs.

No, I don't, but I'd love to find out myself.

 

[U2girl]

On the other hand, what's the lowest note he's ever hit?

The "a glass of water " in Velvet dress?

"with a mouth full of teeth, you ATE all your friends" in Crumbs?

Something from Until the end of the world maybe?

 

[Axver]

On the other hand, what's the lowest note he's ever hit?

The "a glass of water " in Velvet dress?

"with a mouth full of teeth, you ATE all your friends" in Crumbs?

Something from Until the end of the world maybe?

I'm curious as to how low Bono sung in the cover of Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart with The Arcade Fire. Considering Ian Curtis sung in such a deep, eerie baritone, Bono must've gotten pretty low, as he doesn't sound ridiculously removed from Curtis, especially in the verses.

 

[U2girl]

The last "just got a place in New York" line in New York sounds low too.

 

[kristbg]

The last "just got a place in New York" line in New York sounds low too.

Yeah, the first "New York, New YORK" sounds pretty low.

 

[blindinglights]

back to the high notes, no one mentioned Spanish Eyes - he kind of does this scream that arguably hits the high D so that would make it also the highest nonefalsetto note (one higher than BAD album version.)

 

[CMIS]

In terms of true falsetto, i would say the ending on mysterious ways zootv era during the "i'll show you roses i'll tell you things i'll take you places you've never been" is about as high as he's ever gone, which is then followed by his roaring "cmon love, cmon love" portion, which i consider his strongest singing ever. Listening to the boot from dublin (the famous one thats soundboard quality) is incredible.

Yeah, I just heard that version, amazing falsetto leading up to the non falsetto c'mon love. truly amazing.

 

[zoopop]

During the segue of "Please" into "WTSHNN" is pretty high. I never understood why Bono couldn't sing Red Hill Mining Town??

 

[Pero]

How the hell do you all know if it isn't C# in Pride and not B?
Do you have perfect hearing?

 

[dazzledbylight]

As if the acronyms weren't confusing enough, now I have to figure out the shorthand versions??!!

really......


i don't know all the acronyms

intersting singing skill stuff

 

[Diemen]

How the hell do you all know if it isn't C# in Pride and not B?
Do you have perfect hearing?

Umm...calm down. All it takes is an instrument (guitar, keyboard, etc) to figure out what note it is.

 

[kristbg]

I'm pretty sure that Bono's highest falsetto note is either the one Bono did in Mysterious Ways (Zoo Tv Version), or the amazing note Bono hits before "night, night, night and day" in the end of Night And Day.

Anyone care to try to find out what are the lowest notes he's hit? I'm guessing either "Your Blue Room" of "If You Wear That Velvet Dress".

So, anyone care to try to find out which notes are those?

 

[Peterrrrr]

How high is the falsetto scream in 1992-06-15 Mysterious Ways?(he sings: no, no aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah) listen to that one.(Time 5:42)

How high is the "fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiind fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiind" part in Bad(Dublin 1993-08-28) in the time 4:18 of the track? The sound he gets in his voice there is incredible. He never got the sound in the 80s of the "find a way" part.

Does anyone know how high the last wide awake part is in
Bad(2005-09-14).(time 8:43)

You can download these three songs here:
http://download.you send it.com/42A81DE23CF754AF

Also The high falsetto note in Night And Day at the end of the song is the highest I've heard him sing on a studio recording.

 

[X-it 7]

In the movie Rattle and Hum (not the album) during Sunday Bloody Sunday, while repeating the "No More" bit, Bono hits a pitch that seems almost inhumanly possible. I can't imagine any recorded vocals of his being higher than that.

 

[Roland of Gilead]

If you watch the Making of the Joshua Tree DVD, there is a bit there where Dan is taking about Bono's voice on the album (during Still haven't Found... I believe). It is incredible that Bono recorded all those songs using the full range of his voice without employing a falsetto of any sort. Really great part of the DVD. Check it out.

I think one of the reasons why Bad is my favorite U2 song is the fact that it seems to be song where every single member of U2 come into their own talent perfectly without taking away from one another. The "wide awakes" show that this was a singer with a future. Very powerful non-falsetto singing.

 

[Peterrrrr]

So, anyone care to try to find out which notes are those?

 

[Peterrrrr]

How high is the falsetto scream in 1992-06-15 Mysterious Ways?(he sings: no, no aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah) listen to that one.(Time 5:42)

How high is the "faaaaaaaaaaaaaade faaaaaaaaade" part in Bad(Dublin 1993-08-28) in the time 4:18 of the track? The sound he gets in his voice there is incredible. He never got the sound in the 80s of the "fade away" part.

Does anyone know how high the last wide awake part is in
Bad(2005-09-14).(time 8:43)

You can download these three songs here:
http://download.you send it.com/42A81DE23CF754AF

Also The high falsetto note in Night And Day at the end of the song is the highest I've heard him sing on a studio recording.

Have someone downloaded this yet?

 

[kristbg]

How high is the falsetto scream in 1992-06-15 Mysterious Ways?(he sings: no, no aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah) listen to that one.(Time 5:42)

How high is the "fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiind fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiind" part in Bad(Dublin 1993-08-28) in the time 4:18 of the track? The sound he gets in his voice there is incredible. He never got the sound in the 80s of the "find a way" part.

Does anyone know how high the last wide awake part is in
Bad(2005-09-14).(time 8:43)

The scream in MW is amazing, indeed. Sounds even higher than the falsettos. You can actually hear the consequences later in the song, when his voice gets a little hoarse...

The part that caught my attention is that falsetto snippet after the "fade, fade, fade away" part. Amazing how easily he could reach those falsetto notes.

About the Toronto performace... that one will always sound amazing for me, since I was about 3 meters from Bono that night

But I think that last "wide awake" is actually lower than the studio version (a semitone, i think, since they play live songs half a step down)... but, then again, I'm no musician, and I'm just guessing

 

[pepokiss]

In the movie Rattle and Hum (not the album) during Sunday Bloody Sunday, while repeating the "No More" bit, Bono hits a pitch that seems almost inhumanly possible. I can't imagine any recorded vocals of his being higher than that.

that's a pitch.. or whatever it's called... he went TOO close to the speaker, causing a .. AHHHHHH, I forgot the name...


anyway, it CAN'T be Bono...


can anyone explain this?

 

[blindinglights]

i'm pretty sure it was just feedback from going to close to the speaker.

 

[pepokiss]

that... feedback....

 

[BVS]

Edited to say the above stated the same thing...

 

[Achtung_Bebe]

Today I realized my love for Bono's falsettos in Dirty Day. Most notably:

"Dragging me down
That's not the way it used to be
You can't even remember what I'm trying to forget"

 

[Peterrrrr]

Have someone downloaded this yet?

 

[susanp6]

Oh man, that part in Dirty day most certainly sends shivers down my spine Achtung_Bebe!

 

[IanIinTheSky]

The lowest I've ever heard Bono was on the first verse of New York, when U2 played David Letterman back in 2001.

 

[Peterrrrr]

How high is the falsetto scream in 1992-06-15 Mysterious Ways?(he sings: no, no aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah) listen to that one.(Time 5:42)

How high is the "faaaaaade faaaaaaaaaade" part in Bad(Dublin 1993-08-28) in the time 4:18 of the track? The sound he gets in his voice there is incredible. He never got the sound in the 80s of the "fade away" part.

Does anyone know how high the last wide awake part is in
Bad(2005-09-14).(time 8:43)

You can download these three songs here:
http://download.you send it.com/42A81DE23CF754AF

Also The high falsetto note in Night And Day at the end of the song is the highest I've heard him sing on a studio recording.

 

[IanIinTheSky]

Is that Bono's falsetto on the high part in 11'O Clock Tick Tock?

 

[U2girl]

C (Red hill, Horses, SHF)

I thought Daniel Lanois said in the making of JT DVD that Still haven't found... is "pushing a B in the chorus"?
It is a C, then?

I'd be interested in hearing about the notes on Rattle and Hum, end of Hawkmoon and When love comes to town in particuar.

 

[U2FanPeter]

Have they ever changed tape speed on a Bono studio recording?