Am I the only one who can't stand the way he sounds on songs like Eggplant, Girls and Boys, Everybody wants what they don't got,Yo mister and many songs from that era 85-87. There's a very nasal sound to his voice and he was probably doing it intentionally.

Oh I love it.

paisleyparkgirl said:

Am I the only one who can't stand the way he sounds on songs like Eggplant, Girls and Boys, Everybody wants what they don't got,Yo mister and many songs from that era 85-87. There's a very nasal sound to his voice and he was probably doing it intentionally.

Nope. It wasn't on all the songs. It would have to do with mics, playing with the outputs, etc. He stretched his voice in every way possible. I also loved it.

85-87 great, 89-91 not so great.

odd thing to dislike.

if you dont like the voice on those songs or from that era, what prince voice DO you like?

I love his vocals on those songs

Probably any singers here can tell us the specifics, it's more of a resonant "head voice" right? Not quite falsetto, not chest voice either. I love the way he was always pushing his voice to do new things.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

odd thing to dislike.

if you dont like the voice on those songs or from that era, what prince voice DO you like?

Any other era besides that one. Should be obvious since that's the only time period I pointed out.

CO-SIGN, ppg.

Like yeah, okay, it's unique and "stretching" his vox ability, but it's still bad. This is the real reason he started to lose his black audience.

vox on his Yo Mister are actually some of my favorites ever of his, at least the part where he's screaming - it's like Anna Stesia a year before

WhisperingDandelions said:

CO-SIGN, ppg.

Like yeah, okay, it's unique and "stretching" his vox ability, but it's still bad. This is the real reason he started to lose his black audience.