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Originally Posted by White of High
It hurts me because he was my greatest musical idol but Blue Sky (just like Cry To Heaven) shows me he lost his voice.. 3
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Cry to Heaven honestly wasn't that bad - it sounded very raw (especially when compared with the rest of songs preceding it [was there less production done on the vocals?]), but it was definitely still a decent performance. It was just the very last note that was a
little bit dodgy
Blue Sky is my absolute favourite song on the album. Yeah, the vocals aren't perfect, but I've come to like those little discrepancies. Like Meat said, the recorded vocals were from a soundcheck and "it wasn't pitch perfect, but it was emotionally perfect." It fits the song - I sort of see it like the epilogue of the album. He's gone through everything the world has thrown at him, and at the very end he's finally just had enough. He's beaten, broken, and there's nothing left for him to do but plead for everyone to see sense. So the slightly jarring vocals fit perfectly, in my opinion. I didn't really care much about that at first and wanted the pitch-perfect vocal, but after having had the song in my playlists for a while I like this much better :P
Also...if you listen to the Blue Sky verse before Mad World, it's quite clear that he can "still sing," as that one is far more accurate in terms pitch. In other words, leaving those imperfect vocals on the record was a deliberate effort, not a lack of singing ability
It gets a 9 from me. It loses the one point because of that jarring cross-fade from Stand in the Storm before it. I don't want to have to listen to Stand in the Storm before it just to have it have a smooth intro
