I was going through videos on YouTube and ran across this one:

I was quite surprised, as I admire Billy Corgan's voice, I don't recall any songs that he holds his notes so fluently as it does in this one. Are there any modern songs that Billy sings with as pleasant of vocals as this one has?

THere it Goes is like my favorite pumpkins song...theres something about that song that just gets to me. I wish he could sing like that all the time.

that song is pretty terrible for so many reasons. But the biggest is lack of

Yes his voice has changed. He sounds different on every single album. I for one am so happy he moved past this farce singing.


Give me his tattered voice on bodies anyday.


but anyway if you want to see a great example of how far he has come check out my next thread.

i love his voice in pre gish- siamese dream era.

dudehitscar link=topic=901.msg13935#msg13935 date=1165956528]
that song is pretty terrible for so many reasons. But the biggest is lack of

Yes his voice has changed. He sounds different on every single album. I for one am so happy he moved past this farce singing.


Give me his tattered voice on bodies anyday.


but anyway if you want to see a great example of how far he has come check out my next thread.



No, no ... this song is great! and the way he sings too!

vocals?

dudehitscar link=topic=901.msg13935#msg13935 date=1165956528]
that song is pretty terrible for so many reasons. But the biggest is lack of

Yes his voice has changed. He sounds different on every single album. I for one am so happy he moved past this farce singing.


Give me his tattered voice on bodies anyday.


but anyway if you want to see a great example of how far he has come check out my next thread.



I only think Billy's voice changed once. After Gish, then it stayed the same...

Corgan's voice sounds different on pretty much every album he put out. Wether or not that actually his voice changing or just the singing style is up for debate.

He is a lot like Bob Dylan in this way.

dudehitscar, It would be interesting to list the different ways Billy's voice has changed over the albums!


I haven't noticed. Could you show me how it did?

gish: very distant, untrained
siamese dream:echo-y
mellon collie:starting to get trained...getting a little whiny
adore:getting whiny er
machina:ear piercing...
sorry billy i prefer your earlier vocals.

Haha, Bob Dylan.

stumbeline hit the nail on the head. His voice has changed so much.. I personally prefer it in the earlier days. Its great now if he uses it softly but once he starts singing hard its all annoying and high pitched.

Billy's voice seems a bit more rough to me than in the early 90s with more deep lows and way more high pitched cracks . . .but still has that nasal quality!

heheh i like nasal
especially "brian molko" whine
i like billys voice and i think he has the coolest scream, not that i listen to screamo!, but when billy uses it , its like hes releasing all this white-hot energy.
i think he uses it well.

His screams are very well motivated and they seem (and are) very passionate. It's not just screaming for the sake of screaming...

I particularly like it when Billy's voice is soothing, like in Stumbleine, Soothe, and My Blue Heaven.

He also has a childlike innocence in his voice many times, doesn't he?

I like his vocals on Obscured...they're very nice and soft.

It's hard to describe but if we were to hang out I would play the songs and point out what I mean.

But for the sake of the internet:

Gish: Voice is much lower than on most SP releases. Very minimal whisper singing, almost no screaming and less dynamic then later cds.
SD: VERY VERY heavy on the dreamlike production. Also no screaming, very heavy on the whisper singing. Voice sounds higher and more dynamic.
MCIS: Oh man, glossy production of voice is gone. Lots of throat ripping screams and singing, very dynamic and passionate even on the slow songs. Just listen to in the arms of sleep, jellybelly.
Adore: Like MCIS but much more relaxed and haunting. MCIS and Adore seem to have the most similar singing style. Much better at holding notes and some of his highest singing. "If you have to go don't say goodbye." Introduction of the gravely voice featured on Annie dog, my mistake, etc.
Machina: Voice is lower and more calculated. Vocals are WAY up front and much louder than on previous albums.

Zwan: The higher singing is gone, lots of vibrato, barely any sighs.
TFE: A lot more familiar singing to his adore era with subtle changes, vibrato.

I kinda like his vocals on Plume... I used to hate that song so much... And now I love it