Members rasputin1963 Posted May 21, 2014 Members Share Posted May 21, 2014 Not that this necessarily means or reveals anything earth-shattering... it's just interesting. .png.197c47f720636f02390cc2b0a33804da.png' alt='smiley-veryhappy'> http://www.concerthotels.com/worlds-greatest-vocal-ranges#.U3wBQaALH3E.facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted May 21, 2014 Members Share Posted May 21, 2014 Worth noting that Steven Tyler, James Brown, and Marvin Gaye are listed with almost exactly the same range. Obviously this was James brown early in his career when he still sang. Long a fan of his funk, I was shocked to get an album of his R&B, he actually had a nice, moderately flexible R&B voice in the early days. But consider the contrasts between Tyler and Gaye. Also, I see Bob Dylan in there... that raises so many questions about how they even measured... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members veracohr Posted May 21, 2014 Members Share Posted May 21, 2014 I'm a bit surprised to see Axl Rose with such a low extent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted May 21, 2014 Members Share Posted May 21, 2014 Yea this looks like its centered around older songs. Some don't make sense but maybe I am mixing up tone with pitch. When I compare Roy Orbison who hits those high notes on songs like Pretty Woman and Joe Cocker anything, I just cant picture Joe singing higher notes without pulling his left nut trying to hit the note and Roy singing a perfectly pure tone with no strain. Another is Lou Reid. He speaks the notes more than he does sing them and I really cant think of a song he sings at high pitch.Then you have McCartney singing all those falsettos in his old material and stuff like Maybe I'm amazed or Let it Be and he's way up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted May 21, 2014 Moderators Share Posted May 21, 2014 Another is Lou Reid. He speaks the notes more than he does sing them and I really cant think of a song he sings at high pitch.. You've never heard Lou's take on The Lion Sleeps Tonight?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dboomer Posted May 21, 2014 Members Share Posted May 21, 2014 Like the song says ... It ain't the meat, it's the motion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted May 21, 2014 Members Share Posted May 21, 2014 What the heck note is McCartney hitting here at 1:49? It's either the same B5 he hits on Money, or is it actually a B6??? Gets a little harder to tell with falsetto sometimes at least for me... [video=youtube_share;G0IzqoMYa6M] nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted May 21, 2014 Members Share Posted May 21, 2014 You've never heard Lou's take on The Lion Sleeps Tonight?!?!? Guess not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sventvkg Posted May 28, 2014 Members Share Posted May 28, 2014 BUNK...Steve Perry back in the day gets WAY WAY up there..WAY higher than what they say..Listen to Captured Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted May 28, 2014 Members Share Posted May 28, 2014 Ummm yeah. Steve Perry has a range only two whole ateps higher than Bob Dylan? Hookay..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Porkchop Posted May 30, 2014 Members Share Posted May 30, 2014 Minnie Ripperton has a voice so high only dogs can hear it. She's not even on the chart, while Karen Carpenter has only a couple of octaves. It's completely meaningless. Should we compare penis sizes too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted May 30, 2014 Members Share Posted May 30, 2014 Minnie Ripperton has a voice so high only dogs can hear it. She's not even on the chart, while Karen Carpenter has only a couple of octaves. It's completely meaningless. Should we compare penis sizes too? Well for the guys who hit the high notes you need a magnifying glass to make comparisons. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimOBrien Posted June 2, 2014 Members Share Posted June 2, 2014 Too bad they didn't include Julie Andrews on the chart. Her range was a couple of octaves more than Axl's.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted June 2, 2014 Members Share Posted June 2, 2014 Minnie Ripperton has a voice so high only dogs can hear it. Mariah Carey has a similar range, but according to this chart, she can only sing a few notes higher than does Axl Rose. What an asinine chart. It would have been nice had they noted what criteria they used to come up with these 'ranges'. Because obviously listening to the recorded vocal performances of these singers was not something they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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