Category talk:Falsettos

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[edit] Blackie Lawless

If I find who's put Lawless in here, there's one thing I'll ask for: Please provide an audio sample of where you think Lawless sings falsetto. I haven't heard him do this, ever, and I am a devoted W.A.S.P. fan who has almost every song ever released with Blackie Lawless on vocals (save for a few early W.A.S.P. demos).

Singing in the head register does not equal singing falsetto. I am saying that as a dramatic alto who has the range very close to that of Lawless and uses much of the same vocal techniques. I wish people who have the courage to introduce categories like that had at least some experience in singing. Max Dagger 23:23, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

--- second that. don't know this singer, but just too many singers of the hardrock/metal genre are listed as falsetto singers when actually they use their headvoice. what makes you think it's falsetto? 85.2.130.161 (talk) 10:58, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tyson Ritter

Ritter should be included in this list. Anybody who knows or has heard him in the All-American Rejects knows this.

[edit] Ace Young

Should he be included here? Michael 05:58, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi! I started this cat (because I am enamored with falsettos!). I forgot about Ace. I thought he sang in pretty good falsetto on Idol, but he's already classified as a tenor. TamYum 04:21, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
Other than that, does everyone else agree with the people I put here so far? Who else is missing? TamYum 04:20, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Ace Young should be here, along with tenors. —User:Arual 13:13, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Ace Young should be on both list. Falsetto isn't a range, it's a style of singing. Both baritones and tenors can sing falsettos. Chris Isaak is a barttone and he sang falsettos (like on Wicked Game). I suggest you also add Morten Harket of a-ha, Dieter Bohlen and Thomas Anders of Modern Talking.--212.200.218.111 17:20, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Good. I agree. Michael 05:58, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New additions

I added the list that was recently removed from Falsetto. —User:Arual 16:24, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Greatly appreciated. TamYum 05:42, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] John Lennon

Shouldn't he be here?.andrewlargemanjones

I don't think so. Anyone else? Michael 05:59, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
He totally should. His best known song, Imagine, has a bit of falsetto in it, and he frequently went into falsetto. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vked3BDuC0M Listen to that if you don't believe me. Anyway, he should be on the list.

.andrewlargemanjones

[edit] Elton John

Since his throat surgery, he can't sing falsetto. I guess we should keep him here for what he has done in the past though. Mikenosilly 11:41, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Certainly. I mean, Jeff Buckley isn't exactly singing falsetto anymore.andrewlargemanjones

[edit] How to edit this...

How do you edit this page? I want to add John Lennon, as he should be on here. andrewlargemanjones

[edit] SERIOUSLY

Someone add John Lennon or tell me how. NEIL YOUNG is on this page, COME ON! Lennon should totally be on here!

[edit] Milton Nascimento

Add Milton Nascimento, a world famous, grammy award winning singer from Brazil.

Check out this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-mTXyfL5Jk

[edit] STEVE PERRY?!

This is the silliest oversight I've come across on Wikipedia...

I know how to edit the page, but the category itself is dubious...a page that devotes itself to men known to slip into falsetto range? When does the division of information become so trivial that the divisions themselves are worthless?

  • What if somebody wants to build a comprehensive collection of falsetto recordings? It could happen. Wahkeenah 23:37, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
    • By the standards of the category as it now stands, it might be easier to build a collection of non-falsetto recordings. This list includes a wide range of singers, some who sing mostly falsetto, and others who use it just for emphasis. I mentioned Steve Perry because he's primarily a falsetto singer...that's his noteriety, isn't it? The list might be more useful if it contained only the likes of Tiny Tim, Steve Perry, and The Chipmunks. Forgive me if I'm missing the point, but it seems like Wikipedia would be stronger reference tool if it didn't contain lists of musicians who tend to favor the use of something, whether it be falsetto, the hi-hat, reverb, minor chords, etc....

[edit] Paul Hewson - Bono (U2)

Songs of note: One, With or Without you, Still Havent Found What I'm Lookin For, Where the Streets Have No Name

[edit] Sebastian Bach (Skid Row)

Songs of note: 18 in Life, Darkened Room, I Remember You Bach does not use falsetto in any of his Skid Row recordings, the high pitchs you hear in the above songs are a high pitched SCREAM not falsetto —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.239.169.32 (talk) 10:28, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sammy Hagar (Solo/Van Halen)

Songs of note: All of them!

[edit] Jani Lane (Warrant)

Songs of note: Uncle Toms Cabin, Heaven, I Saw Red, Blind Faith, Sometimes She Cries

[edit] Klaus Meine (Scorpions)

Songs of note: Rock You Like a Hurricane, No One Like You, Lonely Nights, Still Loving You, Wind of Change

[edit] David Coverdale (Whitesnake)

Songs of note: Still of the Night, Here I Go Again, Is This Love, Judgement Day, Sailing Ships

[edit] Steve Tyler (Aerosmith)

Songs of note: Angel, Dream On, I Dont Wanna Miss A Thing, Crazy

[edit] Chris Cornell (Solo, Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, Audioslave)

Songs of note: Like A Stone, I Am The Highway, Cochise, Getaway Car, Sunshower, Outshined, Say Hello to Heaven, Wooden Jesus, Hunger Strike

[edit] Ozzy Osbourne (Solo, Black Sabbath)

Songs of note: War Pigs, Crazy Train, Mr Crowley, Mama I'm Coming Home, Diary of a Madman, Road to Nowhere, Fire in the Sky, Miracle Man

Sorry I had to contribute a few of my favorites. Maybe it should be those who could hop into Falsetto range and do a good job at it. I gotta run now though, 1987 is calling. 70.190.72.48 09:48, 8 February 2007 (UTC)r@vanhazel.com

[edit] Anthony Green

Anthony Green uses a techniques that reaches many of the notes of falsetto, but in full voice. It is achieved by closing up the vocals cords with the muscles in the throat. This results in an increase of range

[edit] Robert Plant

I think he should be on the list —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.109.97.199 (talk) 23:19, 25 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Peter Cetera

Peter Cetera used falsetto a lot.

[edit] Greg Gilbert (Delays)

Songs to note: "Valentine", "Lost in a Melody", "Hideaway", "This Town's Religion" and etc. (Incandescent 07:53, 8 May 2007 (UTC))

[edit] King Diamond (Mercyful Fate and King Diamond)

All hail the King of Power Metal Falsettos. Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8g6tGpxbi0 Bobtheamerican 18:54, 29 May 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Geddy Lee

I DEFINITELY think He should be added. I mean, listen to him. Especially in his earlier work

69.14.74.155 00:01, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't think he should be on here, or alot of the other people on here. I really think that's his honest singing voice, and his range is really that high. Not really faked or anything. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.154.101.200 (talk) 02:50, August 24, 2007 (UTC)

Geddy Lee is not a falsetto singer. His voice is (or was) a naturally high tenor, which can be clearly heard in his normal speaking range in early performances. --Mr. Brownstone 12:30, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Weird Al

In one of weird al's songs you can hear him singing form chest register, to mixed register, to head register which tells us he doesn't sing ing falsetto, he sings in head register. He shouldnt be on this list.

[edit] Flo and Eddie

Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, formerly of the Turtles, used falsetto singing extensively during thier years with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.

[edit] Axl Rose

Axl Rose is not a falsetto singer. Me may use falsetto during training, or accidentally during a live performance, but there are no studio recordings of him using falsetto. He has a well-trained mixed head-voice with a very bright and forward placed sound, verging on being nasal. Also, the "siren" sound he makes during the introduction to "Welcome To The Jungle" is a form of vocal-fry and not falsetto. The introduction to "Better" is also a light mixed head-voice, not falsetto. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr. Brownstone (talk • contribs) 12:23, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jeff Buckley

One of the greatest male rock tenors in my opinion. although he uses head voice a lot he effortly switches to and from falsetto. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.6.50 (talk) 14:43, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Phil Anselmo

No. Just, no. If any singer could be considered the godfather of modern neo-hardcore ug-ug caveman vocals that take no skill or talent, just insecure machismo and anger management problems, it would be Anselmo. And correct me if I'm wrong, but Anselmo only came on board for "Cowboys From Hell", and there are certainly no falsettos on any album from that point forward, or for that matter, anything that any good metal band ought to have. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.65.92.40 (talk) 00:05, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Ignoring the attitude problem and that he came in at "power metal", I take it you've never listened to Cemetery gates or Shattered? Any Pantera songs after their glam stuff for that matter? Yeah, Phil Anselmo's not well known for singing in falsetto most of the time but he does use it. 24.193.251.144 19:55, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] add musiq to list

musiq soulchild possible falsetto? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.157.183.146 (talk) 20:21, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Russell Thompkins, Jr. of The Stylistics

The original lead singer of The Stylistics, Russell Thompkins, Jr., always uses falsetto in all of the Stylistics' songs. He should be included here. 61.9.117.221 (talk) 03:41, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] David DeFeis

David DeFeis is one of the most internationally known falsettos in hard rock / heavy metal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.166.12.119 (talk) 19:06, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Halford

I'd like to light a new(?) debate on whether or not Halford really does use falsetto, but pure head voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fJ-OOr7H_c

http://digitaldreamdoor.com/forum1/viewtopic.php?t=20226&start=15 Sherick (talk) 00:53, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jon Anderson

As he has stated numerous times, Jon Anderson is not a falsetto singer, actually. He should be removed. --The guy with the axe - aaaaaaargh!!! (talk) 20:51, 29 May 2008 (UTC)