Singers who still sound great past say 50 years old?

[futurefields]

Who still sounds/sounded great after all those years?

 

[Homerboy]

let's flip the tables -- who doesn't?
Because every singer I can think of over 50 still sounds as good (if not better)

Edit: PiaFFT (Posting in a FutureFields Thread)

 

[biostud]

Lemmy

 

[Imp]

Carol Burnett?
Cher?

 

[runzwithsizorz]

Heck, most of you weren't even around when artists were performing 50 years ago. Are some still performing today? Yep. And have they all aged well?
IMHO, Some have :awe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL_KNes0RUU

 

[darkewaffle]

Great respect for the guy but Eric Burdon's (of The Animals) voice just isn't there anymore. Also DMC (of Run DMC) suffers a voice disorder of some sort now which he attributes to years of performing and drinking.

 

[futurefields]

let's flip the tables -- who doesn't?
Because every singer I can think of over 50 still sounds as good (if not better)

Really? Name one who sounds better at 50 than did at 30.

 

[futurefields]

Lemmy

He sounds terrible now what are you talking about?

Ya know what guys - nevermind.

 

[futurefields]

Carol Burnett?
Cher?

Must be trolling. Listen to their 70's albums.

 

[Imp]

Must be trolling. Listen to their 70's albums.

You don't believe in love after love, you son of a bitch?

 

[zinfamous]

You don't believe in love after love, you son of a bitch?

I always suspected this about OP.

 

[tynopik]

let's flip the tables -- who doesn't?
Because every singer I can think of over 50 still sounds as good (if not better)

Stevie Nicks?

 

[sourceninja]

...

 

[Spydermag68]

Geddy Lee.

 

[Spydermag68]

Bruce Dickinson

 

[Crono]

Stevie Nicks?

Agreed

Also would add Nancy Sinatra

 

[Tormac]

Really? Name one who sounds better at 50 than did at 30.

Tom Waits voice is like the best single-malt scotch that keeps on getting better and better every year.

 

[futurefields]

tom waits voice is like a bear

 

[DaveSimmons]

Who still sounds/sounded great after all those years?

Bryan Ferry - age 57 - Frantic
Richard Thompson - age 54 - The Old Kit Bag
Elvis Costello - age 59 - Wise Up Ghost
Bruce Cockburn - age 54 - Breakfast in New Orleans

Of course for Thompson and Costello you could argue they never had a "good" singing voice

 

[edro]

Impossible.
Most artists start in their early twenties.
You can't sing professionally for 30 years on tours and still sound "great".

Neil Young... sounds good (softer songs), but can't do it like he used to... it's impossible.

Actually, I saw the Stones this year and Mick Jagger (72) sounded damn good... but again, not "great".

 

[DaveSimmons]

Impossible.
Most artists start in their early twenties.
You can't sing professionally for 30 years on tours and still sound "great".

Neil Young... sounds good (softer songs), but can't do it like he used to... it's impossible.

Actually, I saw the Stones this year and Mick Jagger (72) sounded damn good... but again, not "great".

Of course they can't sing as well as they did in their prime, but some of them still sound great. Character, expressiveness and feeling can make up for not being able to hit the high notes.

 

[SKORPI0]

QUARTERFLASH - Harden My Heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNFSED77-GM (1982) :awe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r3E0srIGws (2011) :biggrin: My ears hurt....

 

[CraKaJaX]

Two that instantly come to mind: Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood

 

[runzwithsizorz]

Impossible.
Most artists start in their early twenties.
You can't sing professionally for 30 years on tours and still sound "great".

Neil Young... sounds good (softer songs), but can't do it like he used to... it's impossible.

Actually, I saw the Stones this year and Mick Jagger (72) sounded damn good... but again, not "great".

Actually, I thought this thread was about artists that have been preforming for 50 years, NOT artists over fifty. Artists that were recording in the sixties, and are still preforming today, or at least in the past few years, are a rare breed. Example number 1;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzoLOeVOfzg

 

[Pacfanweb]

Sammy Hagar is the ageless wonder.
Here he is with his band The Circle, doing the old Montrose song, Rock Candy earlier this year, at age 67:

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