BY: Josh Ramsey(21:2/121)

In light of the recent thread on Phil Collins and his more brittle performances of late, which singers over 65 do you feel still have (or
had)
it after they "got old"?

Neil Tennant still has it. He is 67. Listen to the track Happy People.


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Neil Tennant still has it. He is 67. Listen to the track Happy People.

How old is Sting? It seems like he can hit some of the old Police high
notes, but his natural range as implied by his newer stuff is much lower.

Robin McAuley is a metal singer (sang in the band MSG from 1986 to 1993, and came out with a new band called Black Swan in 2021. His voice sounds
amazing for being 68.


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Hello poindexter FORTRAN!

** On Friday 08.10.21 - 07:35, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Utopian Galt:

Neil Tennant still has it. He is 67. Listen to the track
Happy People.

How old is Sting? It seems like he can hit some of the old
Police high notes, but his natural range as implied by his
newer stuff is much lower.

Robin McAuley is a metal singer (sang in the band MSG from
1986 to 1993, and came out with a new band called Black
Swan in 2021. His voice sounds amazing for being 68.

Not long ago I came across a live recording of Scorpion's
"Winds of Change", lead singer Klaus Meine. I think the song
was replicated in the original key. Meine sounded pretty much
the same for his age at 73.

I didn't realize that the band also recorded a Russian-language
version of the song, ("Veter Peremen"), and a Spanish version
called "Vientos de Cambio".


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On 08 Oct 2021 at 07:35a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...

How old is Sting? It seems like he can hit some of the old Police high notes, but his natural range as implied by his newer stuff is much lower.

70s I think, I did not look at Google.

He has some new music out and I really like it. Have a look for a song called Rushing Water which has only been out since end of last month. I really like it after just a couple of listens. Gotta ad it to Total FM soon :)

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Hello Avon!

** On Saturday 09.10.21 - 14:52, Avon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN:

How old is Sting? It seems like he can hit some of the
old Police high notes [...]

He has some new music out and I really like it. Have a look
for a song called Rushing Water which has only been out
since end of last month. I really like it after just a
couple of listens. Gotta ad it to Total FM soon :)

That one is OK. It seems to be a teaser for an album being
released in November. Another tune from that album is "If It's
Love". It sounds very unlike typical Sting. It's too Hollywood/
Musical or something.

I don't like the Shaggy collaboration from a few years ago,
except for the song "Love Changes Everything"


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Re: Re: Best Older Singers
By: Utopian Galt to Josh Ramsey on Wed Oct 06 2021 07:24 pm

Neil Tennant still has it. He is 67. Listen to the track Happy People.

Aside from a few hits in the US ("West End Girls" and the cover of "You Were Always On My Mind"), Pet Shop Boys and Neil never reached the level of recognition they should have over here, at least in the mainstream. But yeah, he still sounds great!
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He needs to patch his bluewave reader for Y2K.


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BY: poindexter FORTRAN(21:4/122)

How old is Sting? It seems like he can hit some of the old Police high notes, but his natural range as implied by his newer stuff is much

70 now. Time flies.


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70 now. Time flies.

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana... :P


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On 10 Oct 2021 at 08:49p, Spectre pondered and said...

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana... :P

That's a line I see from Ray Banana on Eternal September all the time :)

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Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana... :P

That's a line I see from Ray Banana on Eternal September all the time :)

Its meant to be an example of a sentence of indeterminable intent because of the lack of punctuation... I always liked the interpretation that "time
flies" some strange insect, like arrows... while fruit flies like bananas.

Spec


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Josh Ramsey wrote to Utopian Galt <=-

Aside from a few hits in the US ("West End Girls" and the cover of "You Were Always On My Mind"), Pet Shop Boys and Neil never reached the
level of recognition they should have over here, at least in the mainstream. But yeah, he still sounds great!

The band Electronic had some interesting hits - Neil Tennant and the singer from New Order doing more dancey tunes.


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