Eddies voice in 2013/2014

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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    I think he sounded better last year than the last time I saw them in 08. The strain is definitely there, but the dude's on the verge of 50 and still sounds way better than my non-smoking ass at 37.
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,505
    Gardenparty said:

    its natural. dudes pushing 50 (or is he 50 already).
    nows the time for PJ to chill it out a bit and find songs that fit his current voice.

    Riot Act was a great step in that regard. Then they just had to Comatose their way back to the punk and squeeling... :)
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • ForceofNature101
    ForceofNature101 Posts: 1,295
    Honestly I think he sounds great, I love his vocal style of the 2013/2014 shows in general

    I am not just saying that either, I would have no problem admitting if he sounded bad. But he doesn't ;)
  • YLed2
    YLed2 Posts: 5,534
    What's great about Ed's voice is that is has changed over time, and there is a certain "sound" of his voice in each era. You can distinctly tell what year or time period it is when you hear his voice on a boot. I like the evolution and his voice is still phenomenal.

    My favorite Ed voice is No Code / Yield era.
    Bristow, VA - 5.13.10
    East Troy, WI - 9.3.11
    East Troy, WI - 9.4.11
    Atlanta, GA - 9.22.12
    Las Vegas, NV - 10.31.12 (EV)
    Las Vegas, NV - 11.1.12 (EV)
    Chicago, IL - 7.19.13
    Dallas, TX - 11.15.13
    Oklahoma City, OK - 11.16.13
    Seattle, WA - 12.6.13
    Lincoln, NE - 10.9.14
    Moline, IL - 10.17.14
    St. Paul, MN - 10.19.14
    Milwaukee, WI - 10.20.14
    New York, NY - 5.1.16
    New York, NY - 5.2.16
    Boston, MA - 8.5.16
    Boston, MA - 8.7.16
    Chicago, IL - 8.20.16

  • yieldtrack11
    yieldtrack11 Posts: 163
    Charlottesville, Va (October 29, 2013) is the best I've heard him in years. Get that boot.
  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,924
    a lot more cracking, high pitched squeels at times, and way way too much multi-syllable singing of single syllable words. The become Th---ah. I hate when he pulls out blood it just trashes his voice the rest of the night sometimes. I still love his voice and hope the smoking rumor is true, I think that has take a tremendous toll on his singing and stamina
  • EnterThanman
    EnterThanman London, ON Posts: 1,057
    edited August 2014
    veddertown said:

    I thought he sounded ok in 2012 but was pretty rough on the Backspacer tour. He still sounds good now although I'd say he is a pale shadow of the singer he was from 98-05.

    91-05 ;). I honestly never notice any vocal issues during the shows, so I'm not worried at all.

    For the smoking rumours, I thought I'd read that he quit, but it was actually that he just doesn't do it all the time:

    http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-eddie-vedder-on-pearl-jams-new-lp-and-hate-watching-the-vmas-20130927

    He doesn't smoke during Even Flow anymore so that has to say something.

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  • tremorman10
    tremorman10 Posts: 59
    It sounds great to me still. i know its not 1994 but it has its own greatness. The end of Release can get off a bit and infallible. maybe a few others but if you mess up 2 or 3 hell you got 28 other songs to make up for it.
  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    hrd2imgn said:

    a lot more cracking, high pitched squeels at times, and way way too much multi-syllable singing of single syllable words. The become Th---ah. I hate when he pulls out blood it just trashes his voice the rest of the night sometimes. I still love his voice and hope the smoking rumor is true, I think that has take a tremendous toll on his singing and stamina

    Yeah I've heard that before about the Multi-Syllable singing on Single-Syllable words and I agree...The recent Bootlegs I've listened to the 2013 US Tour and the Australian BDO shows there was less of it which is good :)
  • Dazzler
    Dazzler Grimsby, UK Posts: 109
    Just listened to the SiriusXM version of Werchter Festival and Ed's voice held up really well and was strong throughout. None of the scratchiness that was noticed in Amsterdam 2 and Oslo. I guess he wasn't in perfect health after his leg injury and his voice improved across the tour.

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