Peterrrrr
New Yorker
New tour and its time to collect new voice highlights from the tour Please post them here.
I would hazard to say that, overall, his voice is the best it has ever been right now.
I agree with you, sure the falsetto was a bit stronger in the 80/90s. But in singing correctly and hitting high notes Bono have never been better
Sitting and listning to the U2 30.06.2009 Nou Camp,BCN bootleg, excellent sound. Almost soundboard sound Bonos voice is amazing, so stable. UF and UV is
But what suprised me most is his falsetto, very strong
although I share the enthousiasme to a certain degree because the tour is going to rock, a realitycheck has not been done here the last couple of weeks. (Quel surprise) So now Bono all of a sudden sings better than he ever has based on some vague soundchecksclips. Lets get some perspective here:
If Zootv was now and 360 was then Zootv-Bono would sound the best he has ever been. Lets just be happy that he still can go like crazy without losing grip of reality all the time. His voice is not as strong and versatile as it was which is not surprising considering the age but still kicks most if not anyones ass on a good day.
I think his voice is miles and miles away from what it once was. What i liked especially from the Ultraviolet video is that he sounded like he was TRYING. Most of the live songs its like hes just speaking the songs. That microphone really brought it out of him huh?
Sitting and listning to the U2 30.06.2009 Nou Camp,BCN bootleg, excellent sound. Almost soundboard sound Bonos voice is amazing, so stable. UF and UV is
But what suprised me most is his falsetto, very strong
Would love to hear Zoo Station with this current Bono voice. He'd totally destroy it.
WTF?
His falsetto is the weakest it's been since Elevation, he struggles to do the solo falsetto in WOWY at the end. It sounds the weakest ever. Are you still thinking it's strong based on that one time during the vertigo tour? because I sure as hell don't see it on the 360 tour...
It's absent from UV, and it's butchered in UF, so I think in that regard the falsetto needs a serious comeback and some work to further enhance the songs - half singing it in UF is not a strong comeback! Still, for some this isn't a problem, for me however I feel the falsetto was an important factor of the song(s)...
Prove me wrong, do it, I am willing to think otherwise because I hate to think Bono's falsetto is weak now. I love Bono's falsetto. So if you can prove me wrong, I am all open.
WTF?
His falsetto is the weakest it's been since Elevation, he struggles to do the solo falsetto in WOWY at the end. It sounds the weakest ever. Are you still thinking it's strong based on that one time during the vertigo tour? because I sure as hell don't see it on the 360 tour...
Why do people like his voice from Lovetown when he's shouting and not singing? I can never understand this. On one case you've got Niel McCormick saying that he's incapable of producing a pure tone like soul singers (and yet Stevie Wonder is stylist singing soul) and there's people who want him to lose his voice by attempting to sing like he did in the 80's and on Zootv. Rob33 was correcto. Take Janis Joplin as an example. She was a classic example of a wrecked voice. She could hardly talk when she hit 27. If singing and shouting are the same thing then I consider Alex Fergurson to be a great singer when he shouts at his team. I also like the sound of screaming babies because they are not singing tey are shouting.
Some people think that it sounds more powerful when screaming, but it isnt.
Imaganie that in the 80s Bono was an Samsung LCD with the contrast to high and fake sharpness to the maxium, the picture looks sharper but is very uncorrect. Now he is an Pioneer plasma that is calibrated, wich give an correct picture and still the picture is very sharp
Opera in in 4:16 and the strongest "only looooooooooove" yet in 5:07
YouTube - U2 Milan 2009-07-07 Magnificent
WOW he needs to do more opera
Second that. And thanks for posting the video. Good to see Bono looking more comfortable in the songs last night.