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Originally Posted by DavidChaiLatte
I don't know man... A^3 (tv version esp) was a pretty obvious indication that Ayu's voice is worn beyond repair at this point, if not worse than Nokko. Even though she's recovered a bit since then as shown in CDL 19-20, her voice now is definitely unrecognizable to anyone who's heard her songs from even 10 years ago.
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What I mean is, even though Ayu's voice has changed, I don't always find her unpleasant to listen to. I do with Nokko pretty often.
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Originally Posted by Cahz-
That's 53 years old NOKKO. She can still reach the high notes, and if I listen to her current self performing the REBECCA classics, I instantly recognize her as the original singer of these songs. I love Ayumi to death, but can't say the same about her current self and A Song for XX, SEASONS, M, TO BE, Boys & Girls, etc. And it wouldn't be a problem if her voice was enjoyable on these at least, but besides M and A Song for XX, it's always more miss than hit her performing the rest of her classics.
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To me, it's not even close to comparing to her voice in the 80s, but I get your point. Nokko can still do the high notes. The problem is, that's all she can do. Oddly, she lost her mid and lower register. You can even hear it happening in 88-90, though her voice overall was still very, very good then.
And yeah, Namie's voice actually changed quite a bit but backing tracks did a good job of masking it. It got thinner I guess is the way I'd put it. I think hers was also an overuse issue because I feel it started when she did insane numbers of tour dates from Best Fiction onwards.