Rock 'n' roll singers DON'T get better with age.

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Ian Gillan has defnitely lost the ability to scream or hit the high notes in songs like Child in Time but he still manages to sing quite decently on other less strenuous songs for his age.

Vocal chords wear out with age, as do other parts of the human body,....also factor in the extreme abuse that rock singers subject their vocal chords to (and not mention smoking, both tobacco and other forms of smokables as well as hard liqueur, most of them do or did), it's no wonder these guys can't sing any more.

I'm thinking Paul Rodgers also still sounds remarkably good; least the last time I heard him... 'bout 2 years ago.

ooh yeeeeeeeeeees! to all the above I agree
 

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Rob Halford and Geddy Lee can still sing well but did lose the high notes they were known for. Another one that was known for the high notes was Ian Gillan, not sure if he can still hit them. There's a song that Purple is known for called "Child in Time" where Gillan hits a lot of high notes, but I haven't heard him singing that song in recent years. Gillan is also a great singer. Here's an early version of the song.

 

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Yeah Gillan was good. My brother in law went to see them a few weeks ago in Birmingham (England) and said they were OK but not brilliant and Gillan went off stage for a minute or two between every single song for some reason. I'm guessing for a drink of water or something as he's a pretty old geezer now - 72 years of age I believe.

I was at one of these open mic nights at a small pub a number of years ago and this fella got up apparently out of the blue and sang Child in Time - they must have rehearsed it beforehand because they did the entire Made in Japan version of it complete with a fair version of Ritchies big solo played almost note for note and they had obviously all played together before because the whole thing went well with hardly a hiccup. They made a pretty good job of what to my mind is a pretty difficult song both singing and guitar wise and that's the only time in my life I've ever seen a pub band play that particular song.
 

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I was quite shocked how David Coverdale voice sounded on that 'Purple album' of re-recordings of 'classic' DEEP PRURPLE Mk.III tracks a couple of years ago.

His best vocal period for me was when he was in DEEP PURPLE Mk.III (1973-1975) and his WHITESNAKE period (1976-1980s) although having said that I never totally got into WHITESNAKE I thought that David's voice was to dominant on all his songs and I had lost any interest that I had for WHITESNAKE during there 'big hair' look and 1987 album.
 
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I was quite shocked how David Coverdale voice sounded on that 'Purple album' of re-recordings of 'classic' DEEP PRURPLE Mk.III tracks a couple of years ago.

His best vocal period for me was when he was in DEEP PURPLE Mk.III (1973-1975) and his WHITESNAKE period (1976-1980s) although having said I never totally got into WHITESNAKE I thought that David's voice was to dominant on all his songs and I had lost any interest that I had for WHITESNAKE during there 'big hair' look and 1987 album.

I agree.
 
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I was quite shocked how David Coverdale voice sounded on that 'Purple album' of re-recordings of 'classic' DEEP PRURPLE Mk.III tracks a couple of years ago.

His best vocal period for me was when he was in DEEP PURPLE Mk.III (1973-1975) and his WHITESNAKE period (1976-1980s) although having said I never totally got into WHITESNAKE I thought that David's voice was to dominant on all his songs and I had lost any interest that I had for WHITESNAKE during there 'big hair' look and 1987 album.

Apart from just a couple of songs I was never really a Whitesnake fan : early Whitesnake maybe, when they were a bit more bluesy, but I still listen to "Burn" and "Come Taste the Band", and to a lesser extent "Stormbringer"
 
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Apart from just a couple of songs I was never really a Whitesnake fan : early Whitesnake maybe, when they were a bit more bluesy, but I still listen to "Burn" and "Come Taste the Band", and to a lesser extent "Stormbringer"
Yes I also agree I liked David's vocals along side Glenn Hughes vocals on the DEEP PURPLE albums Burn, Stormbringer & Come Taste The Band and I liked the WHITESNAKE British hit song Fool For Your Loving (1980) but I was never really a WHITESNAKE fan plus overall I find David's voice to dominant on every song he's recorded since the 1980s onwards.
 

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Well, it depends on the r n r singer, doesn't it?! I mean, look and listen to Mick Jagger for example! What about Little Richard ??!!!!:):)
As far as I am aware although I haven't heard anything in more recent years Paul Rodgers ex FREE, BAD COMPANY, THE FIRM (with Jimmy Page) & QUEEN I think he may have a pretty good singing voice.
 

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