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DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT / Jan's voice, post-accident
« on: August 18, 2010, 11:56:45 AM »
I don't know if anyone can answer this, but I was wondering about the changes in Jan's post-accident voice during the course of the 1970s. If you listen to his early 70s stuff--for example, Mother Earth and Tinsel Town--his voice, while clearly affected by the brain damage, still has many similarities to his pre-accident voice. In other words, it still sounds like Jan. He would also try--and sometimes hit--all these long, high notes, as if he were really pushing his range.
However, by the late 1970s, his voice had changed. He developed this nasally, deeper tone, and, to be honest, sounded much more "brain damaged" than he had in the early to mid-70s. For the most part, his live singing is not good from the late 70s on, and while he sounds much better in the studio, that deep, nasal tone remained until he died.
Was all this the result of an intentional change in the way he sung? Maybe it allowed him to sing more quickly? As a possibly related example, in the 1970s, he used to walk very slowly, dragging his right leg along. By the 1990s, however, he was able to walk much more quickly, but he had to contort his body in a much more noticeable way in order to do so.
However, by the late 1970s, his voice had changed. He developed this nasally, deeper tone, and, to be honest, sounded much more "brain damaged" than he had in the early to mid-70s. For the most part, his live singing is not good from the late 70s on, and while he sounds much better in the studio, that deep, nasal tone remained until he died.
Was all this the result of an intentional change in the way he sung? Maybe it allowed him to sing more quickly? As a possibly related example, in the 1970s, he used to walk very slowly, dragging his right leg along. By the 1990s, however, he was able to walk much more quickly, but he had to contort his body in a much more noticeable way in order to do so.
