fraroc Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Honestly....I really think "yodeling" is the wrong word to describe his voice nowadays. I'd describe it more as "voice spiking" because that's basically whats happening, his voice spikes really high for just a mere moment before singing the high notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Honestly....I really think "yodeling" is the wrong word to describe his voice nowadays. I'd describe it more as "voice spiking" because that's basically whats happening, his voice spikes really high for just a mere moment before singing the high notes. Technically his voice is breaking. Like when an adolescent boys voice is changing. Yodeling is the closest thing to compare it to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eel Yddeg Posted July 16, 2016 Author Share Posted July 16, 2016 (edited) About his voice on since the Time Machine Tour, I actually feel it's his best voice since the Roll The Bones tour! The Counterparts tour had lots of cringeworthy concerts, the TFE tour, and especially the Vapor Trails and R30 tour, had a very dominant nasal tone, The Snakes and Arrows tour had some of that left. The only songs on the R40 tour that sounded consistently bad were Temples of Syrinx and Anthem. His voice now is much lower and richer than from 1996-2004, and he doesn't go for notes he would usually miss (Temples D5s, Xanadu D5s) and songs that he often struggled with, like Freewill and By-Tor, have been dropped from the set. Yodeling can sometimes be too much (Closer To The Heart from Toronto) and sometimes he uses too much "old-man vibrato", but other than that, great! Edited July 16, 2016 by Eel Yddeg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eel Yddeg Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 (edited) Here's Rush live tours ranked from best to worstDrive 'Til You Die Tour (His absolute vocal peak, incredible tone, power, control, range, nails every song every night, some gigs marred by sickness)All The World's A Stage Tour (The first few shows are among his best ones ever, and most are good, but some are marred by him trying to sing more masculine)2112 Tour (Not enough bootlegs to tell, but the ones we have are excellent)Rush Tour (Much more uncontrolled and raw, sometimes doesn't even sound like singing, but great on the whole)Fly By Night Tour (Roughly the same, but not enough bootlegs)Down The Tubes Tour (Only 1 low quality bootleg, probably the same)Tour Of The Nadars/New World Tour (His best post 70s tour, can still sing high, and with more power than Hemispheres-MP, showcases his lower tone well)Hemispheres Tour (High range sounds much weaker, but some good shows)Moving Pictures Tour (Mid-range sounds top-notch, but high range is very weak and airy)Exit Stage Left Tour (Roughly the same)Permanent Waves Tour (Same, but worse)Roll The Bones Tour (Put above due to great performances of songs like Subdivisions and Xanadu)Presto Tour (Ditto)GUP Warm-up/Grace Under Pressure Tour (Roughly the same as his other post Signals tours, but has more high range)Second Tour Of The Nadars/Power Windows Tour (A typical '80s tour)Hold Your Fire Tour (Same, but really struggles on some songs)Counterparts Tour (Many bad gigs put this below)R40 Tour (His best post 1994 tour, showcases his lower, richer voice, and he pulls off very demanding songs well, yodeling is sometimes an issue, but not much)Clockwork Angels Tour (Put lower due to less demanding songs)Time Machine Tour (Same, but cringeworthy Freewill)Test For Echo Tour (Nasal-ness creeps in, but not as bad as follow-ups)Snakes and Arrows Tour (Put lower due to his weaker, nasal sound on the early shows)R30 Tour (Same problems as VT, but has some good performances from time to time)Vapor Trails Tour (His absolute low point, very nasal, weak, whiny, goes for notes he can't hit)How would you rank them? Edited July 17, 2016 by Eel Yddeg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Eel, I don't know how you keep that all straight in your mind. I thought he sounded really good on the VT tour, and it was the last time he ever sounded that good. What makes you say it was his absolute low point? I still have to listen to my R40 bootlegs and get back to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eel Yddeg Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 The Vapor Trails tour sounded really bad. His voice, especially when he went high, was very nasal, weak, and whiny, and his tone was terrible. It seems like he was using that more nasal tone to prevent yodeling, but he shouldn't have bothered. Also, he often went far outside his vocal reaches, such as in "By-Tor" and "2112". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 The Vapor Trails tour sounded really bad. His voice, especially when he went high, was very nasal, weak, and whiny, and his tone was terrible. It seems like he was using that more nasal tone to prevent yodeling, but he shouldn't have bothered. Also, he often went far outside his vocal reaches, such as in "By-Tor" and "2112". How do your ears pick all of this stuff up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bordercollie Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 He's just a 14 year-old kid spouting off rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 He's just a 14 year-old kid spouting off rubbish. Who is? Eel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bordercollie Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Yes. This kid is a clown to put it nicely. He has absolutely no room to be critiquing any vocalist. He posts at a message board called The Range Place by the name of Fetty Mercury. He posted several clips of him, ummmm.... "singing" various Rush tunes. He has no concept of pitch, enunciation, correct lyrics, singing in time, or anything related to the art of singing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eel Yddeg Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnoble Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I thought his VT tour voice (problems in the mix for the Rio release aside....early in the set it sounded like his mic wasn't even turned on) sounded fine, especially compared to what it is now. :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnoble Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 (edited) Yes. This kid is a clown to put it nicely. He has absolutely no room to be critiquing any vocalist. He posts at a message board called The Range Place by the name of Fetty Mercury. He posted several clips of him, ummmm.... "singing" various Rush tunes. He has no concept of pitch, enunciation, correct lyrics, singing in time, or anything related to the art of singing. To be fair, I've heard several vocalists in Rush tribute bands on Youtube that had no business singing Rush or anyone for that matter. Makes me wonder "am I crazy, how do the other guys in this band NOT notice this guy sucks and has a terrible voice?" :D Edited September 6, 2016 by jnoble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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