listening to "Clouds" and "Breakfast can wait" makes me think his voice dosen'T really sound all that great on record anymore. his voice has deteriorated imo and that's normal with age but just saying it ain't the same anymore

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Pitchforks at the ready......

FunkyD said:

listening to "Clouds" and "Breakfast can wait" makes me think his voice dosen'T really sound all that great on record anymore. He's losing his voice and that's normal with age but just saying it ain't the same anymore

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not true at all,maybe there is a slight change in timbre of his voice but he still is a great singer

thebanishedone said:

FunkyD said:

listening to "Clouds" and "Breakfast can wait" makes me think his voice dosen'T really sound all that great on record anymore. He's losing his voice and that's normal with age but just saying it ain't the same anymore

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not true at all,maybe there is a slight change in timbre of his voice but he still is a great singer

there's definitely a change.. which i'm not used to. Dude is starting to sound like Jack Splash of Plantlife..

Maybe the change in his voice explains the direction he's taking with this album which is more club oriented. He even got Hannah Ford singing some of the songs on the 3rdeyegirl album. He seems aware of that change and adjusting..

FunkyD said:

listening to "Clouds" and "Breakfast can wait" makes me think his voice dosen'T really sound all that great on record anymore. He's losing his voice and that's normal with age but just saying it ain't the same anymore

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Listening to him live this year proves it otherwise.

Lockwood88 said:

FunkyD said:

listening to "Clouds" and "Breakfast can wait" makes me think his voice dosen'T really sound all that great on record anymore. He's losing his voice and that's normal with age but just saying it ain't the same anymore

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Listening to him live this year proves it otherwise.

x2. He killed it vocally both in Oakland & SF Fillmore. Go as far to say it's maybe the best I've heard from him & I've been to many shows.

Farfunknugin said:

Lockwood88 said:

Listening to him live this year proves it otherwise.

x2. He killed it vocally both in Oakland & SF Fillmore. Go as far to say it's maybe the best I've heard from him & I've been to many shows.

That's what am saying to

FunkyD said:

listening to "Clouds" and "Breakfast can wait" makes me think his voice dosen'T really sound all that great on record anymore. He's losing his voice and that's normal with age but just saying it ain't the same anymore

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'Dat ain't Prince! It's the same MF who singing on them "new" Michael Jackson records!

Lockwood88 said:

Farfunknugin said:

x2. He killed it vocally both in Oakland & SF Fillmore. Go as far to say it's maybe the best I've heard from him & I've been to many shows.

I'm not sure how it sounds live i'm specifically talking about how it sounds on recorded songs. Even his vocal delivery on "Breakdown" pales in comparision to how it sounds on "Future soul song"..

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BillieBalloon said:

My god..what do you expect...the voice matures as one ages. Its a wonder he can still sing at all at 86. Some people..

I'm aware of that which is why i said that it's normal with age.

But some are still gona claim it's in top form..

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FunkyD said:

thebanishedone said:

not true at all,maybe there is a slight change in timbre of his voice but he still is a great singer

there's definitely a change.. which i'm not used to. Dude is starting to sound like Jack Splash of Plantlife..

Maybe the change in his voice explains the direction he's taking with this album which is more club oriented. He even got Hannah Ford singing some of the songs on the 3rdeyegirl album. He seems aware of that change and adjusting..

By the way you desribed i come to this conclusion.you dont like the way Prince is mixing his voice on records.is that right?

You heard the new song Clouds and you disliked vocal mix?

FunkyD said:

listening to "Clouds" and "Breakfast can wait" makes me think his voice dosen'T really sound all that great on record anymore. He's losing his voice and that's normal with age but just saying it ain't the same anymore

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I Completely agree. I've been saying it for years. All of the touring, & getting up there in age. His vocal are definitely lacking nowadays.

NouveauDance said:

Pitchforks at the ready......

losing his voice? Definitely not. Maybe what u hear. is the way it's produced that u don't like.

aiden said:

Bull shit. His voice sounds awesome, fuck off..

oh please his voice stil is amazing. just with that... lololol

Lockwood88 said:

aiden said:

Bull shit. His voice sounds awesome, fuck off..

All singers lose the power of their voice as they get older.We can't expect Prince to sound exactly like he did in 1982

FunkyD said:

listening to "Clouds" and "Breakfast can wait" makes me think his voice dosen'T really sound all that great on record anymore. He's losing his voice and that's normal with age but just saying it ain't the same anymore

Can't you see that that is an artistic choice?

Effects and mastering can greatly paper over observations like yours but he didn't chose to do so, obviously.

Of course we can debate whether it was a good choice, or even if he realised it as a choice at all.

I think he sounds divine, as always

He still has many more years of great singing left in him

When his voice changes, he'll deal with it then I'm sure

Roger Daltrey singing at the Super Bowl with the Who is a better example of a singer who has lost his former glory. Robert Plant can't sing like he used to, but his music has changed and he isn't trying to be the Led Zeppelin monster he once was, and that's just fine. What's the deal on this site? One bitchfest thread after another. People need to get a life seriously.

Vocally, his voice was peobably the best it's ever been at the recent Paris show.

Eh, it doesn't really sound any different on record now than what it sounded like 10-15 years ago. On some songs when he's performing live he's had some problems, I think. I have to admit that some of those youtube clips he's posted I have not enjoyed listening to because he's sounded so hoarse.

No. Have you heard nothing live from the past year? His voice is in top shape!

motherfunka said:

Bambi82 said:

No. Have you heard nothing live from the past year? His voice is in top shape!

Are you commenting on what I posted above you? I was commenting myself on the live vocals.

In any case, I think the fans here are in denial if they think he's still singing as well live as he did during his best days as a live performer. He doesn't seem to be able to control the dynamics during some songs and he often sounds too monotonous when he sings some of the more melodic pieces. He also seems to resort to singing in a "punky" manner a lot these days (which is something he did in the early-90s too and that certainly wasn't to everyone's taste).

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Way............WAy.......................WAY off base.