Is John Farnham a freak?

ParkRunner

Well genuine question. The range he can reach is incredible, especially in his song You're the Voice, can someone's voice be trained to reach such limits or is it something innate. Coming into Christmas season, there may be one or two Boardsies considering a karaoke performance

UsedToWait

He's no Joe Cocker or Michael Mc Donald.

Arne_Saknussem

Junkyard Tom

Don't be calling people freaks. We're all someone's daughter, we're all someone's son.

Tea-a-Maria

Who?

Totofan99

He has a good range, but I don't think it's so incredible that you could call him a freak.


There are lots of male singers with very high voices... Off the top of my head: Steve Perry, Bobby Kimball, Bon Scott, Brian Johnson, Robert Plant, Freddie Mercury, Peter Cetera, Morten Harket... I'd say any of them could give him a run for his money. That's in their heyday. It'd be different now of course.

Grayson

Totofan99 wrote: »

He has a good range, but I don't think it's so incredible that you could call him a freak.


There are lots of male singers with very high voices... Off the top of my head: Steve Perry, Bobby Kimball, Bon Scott, Brian Johnson, Robert Plant, Freddie Mercury, Peter Cetera, Morten Harket... I'd say any of them could give him a run for his money. That's in their heyday. It'd be different now of course.

Grayson

Arne_Saknussem wrote: »

jaysus, how young was Sally then?

Totofan99

This guy too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIKVZHJZgBU

Pinch Flat

I'm lying awake as well wondering about 80 sensations John Farnhams voice. What a small world we live in.

The Backwards Man

Tea-a-Maria wrote: »

Who?

Someone's son

munster87

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

Don't be calling people freaks. We're all someone's daughter, we're all someone's son.

We can write what we wanna write

It was a bit belted out and shouty.

I'm not sure it was that special. But some wonderful vocalists mentioned on this thread, Michael MacDonald, Al Green etc.

machiavellianme

He doesn't even feature on any of the biggest range lists. Hitting a few high notes isn't the same as having a big range. Mike Patton (Faith no more) has the biggest range followed by Corey Taylor (Slipknot).

Wibbs

and that's before we get to the top end opera dudes whose range and power behind it would blow him away with the force of a thousand H bombs. Not the housewife's fave Andrea Bocelli either, with his nice tone but weak technique and range and power, I mean heads like Domingo, Caruso, Pavarotti and the like. Farnham isn't in the same sport, never mind the same league.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVjgY427qW8

evolving_doors

I'm nearly afraid to admit this...

Bon has a good solid consistent high voice too.