Morrissey's voice

[Hibernia]

I was just listening to Sandie Shaw singing 'Jeane' and 'hand in glove' and it drew my attention to how poor Morrissey's voice was in The Smiths, not that it matters, I love the Smiths. But, Morrissey's voice is far better on his solo albums. I can never understand the negativity shown by many fans of the Smiths toward his solo stuff.

[Steven]

> I was just listening to Sandie Shaw singing 'Jeane' and 'hand in
> glove' and it drew my attention to how poor Morrissey's voice
> was in The Smiths, not that it matters, I love the Smiths. But,
> Morrissey's voice is far better on his solo albums. I can never
> understand the negativity shown by many fans of the Smiths
> toward his solo stuff.
Very, very. I think his voice is currently at its peak. Just listen to I Can Have Both, the line "theres nobody around to say no" is sung incredibly well. I think both periods are as good as each other. I love the rawness of his voice in Hacienda Feb 1983 gig. Its very sexy. I think people can be snobbish toward smiths as though someone has taken away their favourite toy so obviously everything must be thrown out of the pram in disgust. Being a guitar player I may have been guilty of this in the past. Purely out of respect for Johnny I think. Time does move on though, and I still cry with joy everytime I hear such classics as Ordinary Boys or I Can Have both. NO OTHER ARTIST CAN DO THAT!

[Poopsie]

[An Klestar]

> I was just listening to Sandie Shaw singing 'Jeane' and 'hand in
> glove' and it drew my attention to how poor Morrissey's voice
> was in The Smiths, not that it matters, I love the Smiths. But,
> Morrissey's voice is far better on his solo albums. I can never
> understand the negativity shown by many fans of the Smiths
> toward his solo stuff.

Well, it's an octave lower than before - and he avoids the higher notes, leaving that to Alain. The lower ones give his voice even more body - and he indeed understands the art of oscillating melodically.
Poor in The Smiths? In the early days, well, really, for someone without any specific training, it was really swell! A bit too high at times, but it certainly had POWER!
If he had started with the voice he has now, I guess much of the initial "amaze and conquer" vibe that were The Smiths would not have been so obvious.
Maybe.

So, indeed it seems to be richer now, and softer. From a technical point of view, it may be better.
But I don't think These Things Take Time would be the same if he were to sing it now again, it would lack the vocal punch that was part of The Smiths's line-up.

Oh, swoon, he still is such a vocal acrobat! I fully agree with what has been written on I can have both!! But compare it to Some girls are bigger ... the difference is not that wide?

[Hibernia]

Well the Smiths have already been and conquered, so Morrisseys voice was clearly an asset. I was just suddenly aware of why a lot of people dislike Morrissey's voice in the Smiths. Unless you are a fan it probably does sound very poor.

[Fabricio]

> I was just listening to Sandie Shaw singing 'Jeane' and 'hand in
> glove' and it drew my attention to how poor Morrissey's voice
> was in The Smiths, not that it matters, I love the Smiths. But,
> Morrissey's voice is far better on his solo albums. I can never
> understand the negativity shown by many fans of the Smiths
> toward his solo stuff.

I think exactly this way sometimes sometimes, but

1) we wouldn`t perceive his voice were poor before if he didn`t sing greatly nowadays

2) his voice always had a great personality, if I can say I thing like that.