Al's Voice!

minnick27 · Post by **minnick27** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:19 pm

Don't forget before Al used the nasally voice he used a real deep voice. I don't know if it was to make himself sound older or not. It worked on some songs and not on others.

L285 · Post by **L285** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:34 pm

When did he use that?

Post by **gtrmu** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:40 pm

The Doctor @ July 22, 2009 02:57 pm wrote: Al's voice. *swoon*

Something you're not telling us there, Stephen?

Post by **weirdojace** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:02 pm

L285 @ July 23, 2009 12:34 pm wrote: When did he use that?

His early home demos and the My Bologna single.

It was probably a thing where he didn't quite know how to use his upper register yet since he was new to singing. A lot of guys who aren't trained start off doing that.

As has been said, Al's voice has drastically shown improvement. I'm so glad he dropped the nasal dork voice too. I remember when "Do I Creep You Out" came out, a lot of people were like "whoa, I didn't know Weird Al could sing like that." I thought that was pretty cool.

I think the major improvement starts at Bad Hair Day. Is that when he got vocal training?

Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:39 pm

He's known Lisa Popeil for a lot longer than Bad Hair Day. She did teach him some things I know, but IIRC it was pretty much just stuff to help him not lose his voice on tour.

minnick27 · Post by **minnick27** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:32 pm

You know what, that is what he said in an Ask Al. It was to help him not lose his voice. But I'm sure it helped him in other areas as well.

Post by **Well, Well, Well** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:35 pm

Al's soft voice gets me hard! :P

L285 · Post by **L285** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:03 pm

Yesterday I noticed that You're Pitiful has a higher pitched voice (maybe to imitate James Blunt) and Spy Hard has a lower voice

Post by **Kevbo1987** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:01 pm

I definitely agree that Al's voice has gotten better as time has passed. I think part of that has to do with the fact that he decided to start making his parodies sound like the original artists instead of using some of the gimmicks he used in his earlier parodies. I think he started to try to sound more serious, and his great voice emerged with that effort.

mattboy115 · Post by **mattboy115** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:41 am

You know what? I think it's the mustache. I have noticed that people with mustaches sound different than if they didn't have it. I don't know I was just throwin' that out there.