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Scott Weiland / Re: Vocal style change from 94-96, and how it is reflected on the albums
« on: July 03, 2008, 06:12:21 PM »Quote from: "Fear 2 Stop"
One thing,though...his vocal strength has diminshed through the years due to the drugs, age, and the chain smoking.Listen to the performance of Wicked Garden from 1993 on letterman...dude could project . He doesn't have the same power anymore. Honestly, I think he sounds better on the slower songs than he does on the heavier songs these days (SLDD bears that out), which is another reason why VR just didn't cut it for me.
There was such a huge, drastic change from Purple to Tiny Music, although you can hear a little bit of things to come on the songs that were recorded later on Purple (Still Remains is a good example, with the "If you should die before me" part sounding very much like TM). His voice was in better shape for the most part on No.4. I love SLDD, but honestly he sounded nothing like the old Weiland at all. The vibrato was completely gone, and his voice had morphed into more a of a high-pitch whine. That said, his vocals on "Wonderful" and "Hello It's Late" for example had a tenderness that to my ears was endearing. Then to hear that screechy bullsh*t with VR...nope. That was the wrong kind of rock for him to be singing, IMHO, apart from a few gems like "Slither" and "Fall to Pieces". He was better than that crap (don't even get me started on the track that ripped off "Unglued").
It'll be interesting to see what the new STP disc will sound like. Listening to AoA (which I liked, regardless of how others felt) and a good deal of SLDD leads me to believe that the DeLeos are moving to a softer sound, but Weiland's detour with the GNR leftovers were a different matter entirely. God, I'm excited to see (or rather, hear ) what's on the way.
Sorry that was so long winded. Just been watching the Thank You DVD, and am just hyped.
Fantastic post. Hit the nail on the head. If you listen to the recordings of the current tour of songs like Crackerman or Wicked Garden and compare those to the recordings of those same songs in 92-94, there is a huge difference. In 2000-2002, scott still was able to muster up the bravado vocally on some songs, in particular Wicked Garden. If you listen to the Wicked Garden recording from the Family Values Tour of 2001, it stills sounds pretty on-par with the 92-94 performances. However, compare that to how he sings now, there is a "thin-ness" about his voice. His voice was very full back during Core-Purple (just listen to MTV unplugged), and for some reason, on TM, it sounded like his voice had been ravaged, and he sounded very raspy on TM. His range was higher, but that fullness was gone on those vocals. For No. 4, that raspy-ness was gone, however, his range continued to be higher. On No. 4, he regained some bravado and depth to his voice on songs like "Down"-the chorus, "Pruno"-on the "I got the message but I lost the race" and some other parts. SLDD followed with this vocal style.
It will be interesting to hear how he sounds if they release a new album, I feel like his VR years stripped his voice b/c he was screaming all of the time, and they performed a lot of shows in that period.