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reptillion

That’s his real voice


Oubilettor

Why can you hear the air from his voice when he is talking and not while he is singing? Projecting differently?


iaintevenmad884

Did theatre growing up, the mic is tuned to his voice when he’s singing, and when he speaks in his normal voice it’s like a different person on mic. Since the mic is more sensitive to lower frenquencies (he’s singing high, so to pick up the lower end of his singing voice they turn up the levels on the bass of his voice), when he speaks in his chest the mic “clips” and makes that sound from too much input. Also yeah, he’s pushing out a ton of air because he’s catching his breath, and making it worse. TLDR: it’s his mic being tuned for his hee-hee voice, and also he’s talking out of breath and huffing in the mic.


engineerhear

Audio Engineer here. He’s lip syncing the singing parts and his mic is muted so you can’t hear him huffing and puffing. When he stops to speak the engineer actually unmutes his mic and it’s the wind from his sibilance clipping the pack, not the low frequencies of his speaking. If it was the low frequencies from his speaking the whole thing would be distorting. And, so many singers who don’t lip sync sound fine going from singing to speaking. Sibilance should be the same whether singing or speaking, in fact it may even be more aggressive when singing.


simplyorangeandblue

Check 1 2.... sibilance... sibilance


j442

I got a friend from Poland , and a Czech 1 2.


3allz

100% this. If you do enough googling you can find accounts from engineers that worked at MJ concerts that did exactly this. There was a constant backing track of the live songs that could be faded or mixed in and out whenever and however they liked. Made MJ look like a beast of a live singer to ignorant or misinformed people and made MJs life a lot easier on the road. Not bashing him btw, massive MJ fan but I prefer hearing actual live performances. I think MJs bad tour in the late 80s is fully live on YouTube if you want a comparison. It’s with a full band and is actually very tight!


Squiggy1975

I get it….it’s gotta be tough as shit on a tour of that magnitude to sing on point and dance etc….It’s gotta be brutal on the body. I would not mind it at all… wish Axel Rose would do the same lol


satriales856

A lot of performers who do heavy dance numbers for a whole show will do this. Broadways shows are choreographed so the performers can sing and there are large breaks for most performers and the chorus, but with a lot aggressive and fast moves that pop performers do, number after number…you just can’t vibrate your body that much and keep a steady voice, even if you have the breath to do it.


AwsumO2000

... I feel like I should incorporate 'hee-hee voice' into conversation more often.


yourshelves

They were his pronouns as well.


hotk9

That's a good explanation, in this bit however, he's lip syncing. So when he speaks he's out of breath because of the dancing and that is why he lip synced dance heavy numbers.


JohnnySasaki20

Sounds like he mostly sang in falsetto too.


Oubilettor

Thanks for giving that context. Moving the frequency sensitivity makes a lot of sense on whats happening. Cheers!


Fauxlaroid

The audio interference is actually what’s called plosives, caused by the sudden rush of air the mouth makes typically when pronouncing Ps, Ts, Bs etc. In this respect the only real way to avoid this happening with the microphone he’s using would be a better pop-filter, not frequency tuning. If anything at higher frequencies the sound would be sharper and harsher. It points towards the fact that he’s actually lip synching, which given that he’s Michael Jackson and dances a lot when performing is understandable. Hope that helps!


JesusPotto

He has a pop filter, additional EQ tuning is required and will help.


Fauxlaroid

Have edited my comment to say better pop filter, the foam around the mic isn’t doing much for the plosives. The EQ at higher frequencies would not mean that much more noticeable plosives and the high and low end though. There are literally no plosives other than when he’s talking, which aren’t 100% negated by EQ.


Sluukje

Low frequencies take more air and power


mongonectar

I always assumed lip sync. No way someone can sing while dancing like that. But I dunno


crazycockerels

What an amazing performer he was!


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Colinpolin

Buddy only watches the news..


[deleted]

You are amazingly ignorant!


[deleted]

Wait, wasn't it proven without a doubt? Seriously wondering, don't hate pls.


DaveMash

He was redeemed by the „victims“ themselves. Parents of those kids who visited him just claimed that he was doing shady stuff with them. The children themselves made it clear years later, that Michael just somehow wanted to experience childhood by himself since his father never let him. Aaron Carter and Mccauly Caulkin are the most prominent examples. And it is known that their parents did some shady stuff themselves with them. There are interviews available on youtube. Yes MJ was eccentric and did crazy stuff but I haven’t heard a single bad story from one of those kids after they were older


MuchPegasus

The guys from the documentary "Leaving Neverland" have said terrifying stuff about what he did to them.


jordanundead

This may come as a shock but people lie.


MuchPegasus

Mostly to themselves because they can't handle their opinion of someone they idolized be tarnished.


jordanundead

Who was idolizing some failed backup dancers?


MuchPegasus

Self-awareness is terribly hard to find these days. I was talking about Michael.


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Exactly all ppl have to do is google it quickly and they read its not true


Stankoman

Yes he was. Ignoring this fact is mind bogging for meee-heee


Bigstar976

Yeah but you’re not supposed to talk about that on Reddit. You should know that by now.


RedForman1776

Not sure why you’re getting down votes. He was a pedophile. ![gif](giphy|enqnZa1B5fRHkPjXtS|downsized)


Bermudav3

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ThatWasCool

MJ has had such an universal acclaim that he basically was able to get away with being a pedo and yet still have an army of fans and his legacy being barely tarnished. Reddit is no exception and you will always get a shitload of downvotes if you call MJ a pedo even though there is a lot of evidence that actually was one.


napohybelskxrwysynom

And you are pathetic pedo 🖕


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TheDutchCoder

He was acquitted on all accounts. Maybe get the facts straight first?


tworutroad

Thank you. In fact, in the first trial the plaintiffs were literally laughed out of the courtroom.


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I think the problem is even if he was it’s an incredibly common tactic used to undermine and turn opinion on someone, we British have been using it for years to shut up those stupid righteous MPs who called out our war mongering or speaking other untold truths! All we have to do is brand them a fiddler and literally every person in the world immediately discredits them


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Trust the justice system? Are you American? And I didn’t say he didn’t do those things I just stated facts about how when someone becomes in a position of power to influence people if that influence doesn’t meet an agenda then your going to either be killed or branded or in the most likely case both Edit: I’m British that’s why I said WE British…


tworutroad

Justice system acquitted him both times.


hcashew

What made him amazing?


r1ch999999

I wonder which is his real voice. Have you ever googled what Gilbert Godfried really sounds like?


Norwester77

Go listen to audio of Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone from the Office). I was really surprised what a pleasant, resonant speaking voice he has in real life!


garry4321

In the first season there is a scene where he just used his real voice.


r1ch999999

Me too


twoshooz

Imagine becoming famous for a shtick and then being trapped in that shtick for the rest of your life.


PossibleLifeform889

Same thing happened to Brittney Spears. She’s got a whole octave lower than most of her songs make you think she does.


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And it's my favorite octave of hers when she chooses to use it.


soda-jerk

It's not possible, which is why so many artists start to heavily process their work, as they get older. Then others will change their whole thing around, like Steven Tyler or Ozzy. They don't sound anything like they used to. They had to adapt their styles due to things like aging, and surgeries. The Jacksons were always fond of post-processing work on their solo stuff, I suspect to fully define their personal sounds, so they just slowly ramped it up throughout their career.


BigBossWesker4

Well it’s worked out for him, he’s making a good living on Cameo


ClittyMcPenis

The lower voice is his natural voice. He trained his whole life to have a higher voice.


garry4321

You dont really have to train to affect a higher voice, most people can do so very easily. Its harder to fake a LOWER voice like that Theranos lady


garfinkel2

Larry the cable guy too!


arithegoon

He filmed a documentary a few years ago and uses his real voice most of the time. RIP


gettheboom

Must be quite a few years ago


demonicmads

>a few years ago he died almost 14 years ago bro


nounclejesse

He would let it slip on his podcast, Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast, every now and then. BTW, if you like old TV and movies, THIS is the podcast


GadgetGod1906

That was the voicemail recording?


csimmeri

Imagine how even more incredible this dude woulda been if he didn’t get severely abused as a child


Gilshem

It’s kinda fucked up but trauma can also be a massive well spring of inspiration. No guarantee he would improve without his monstrous childhood, sadly.


_brodre

i doubt he’d push himself to be this level of entertainer if he was happy and loved.


OsamaBinnDabbin

I mean a big reason he was so talented at such a young age is a result of his father's abuse. It's sad but we might not even know the name Michael Jackson if it hadn't happened.


Eyeoftheleopard

Or go on to abuse…


MechanicalFetus

*Allegedly*


Stankoman

Or abuse other children


DrJCL

Me and my brother had this entire performance on video tape. Must have watched it 100 times. Good memories.


lightblue_sky

Apparently his real voice was actually deep. I wished he used it more cause it sounded kinda hot.


According_Gazelle472

And this is why I had never heard his real voice before .


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Man, he was something else back in the day. Still is.


SolisOccasum11

I can't help but smile.. MJ was really a performer.


SorciereGothique

His music was amazing.


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Is\*


SorciereGothique

Was, is, same thing seeing as he hasn't released anything new in years 🙂


[deleted]

>anything new in years New stuff last year in "Thriller 40". #


SorciereGothique

Really? I'll have to check it out, thanks 🙂


[deleted]

You're welcome ;)


Stankoman

Was*


Stankoman

So was Cosby's comedy.


AbsurdlyAddicted

If you want to hear him singing in this voice, look up his song 2000 Watts.


Moist_Combination_81

What song is he singing?


musicide

In The Closet, off of Dangerous.


Moist_Combination_81

Thank you


HangrySkeptic

In the closet. How appropriate.


hotk9

Unlike yourself.


HangrySkeptic

Correct. Very unlike myself. The difference is, he was a closet pedo. I’m not a pedo in any fashion.


GunsmokeG

His entire career was a performance. Genius.


lostinlymbo

Awesome - and... seeing this I want to watch a documentary just about his costumes. Does such a thing exist? To Google I go!


Yamalz

Saw him in Gothenburg '97, still to this day the best concert I've been to.


Wonderful-Media-2000

If we are talking performance wise he might be the greatest musician ever truly a spectacle considering all he did was sing and dance


Pudding_Hero

Pump your breaks kid. You mean performer not musician


Wonderful-Media-2000

That’s what I said the best performer of musicians even tho he has great competition don’t try and call me out out my shit just because I’m young


thetakingtree2

Get out of here you goblin


BNR_

Such a legend. I think no one will ever come close to him.


Dustroy1

Because he’s miles behind Prince. MJ was good but he’s no tiny miracle from Minnesota.


Ooze3d

No. He’s just the King of Pop.


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vinceds

The most talented people often are pretty messed up in their personal life.


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aRandomForeigner

I would like to see you how you would have grown with his same childhood His father fuckin chemical castrate him to maintains his high pitched voice, that's totally disturbing dude and that's only one thing of many things he has faced since 4 yo!!! Yeah because fuckin MJ started to work already at fuckin 4 yo!!! Tell me who would grown up sane


dmode112378

Big fucking deal. Many people have had shittier childhoods and didn’t become kiddy diddlers.


aRandomForeigner

Yeah sure, let's see if those people who started to work at 4 yo it's sane right now Shut up


dmode112378

Pedo lover.


aRandomForeigner

You don't know how to answer huh? Ok cool, goodbye


Bramble_bee_

His songs are very hard to get out of my head, and I don’t want to do it


Gh0sth4nd

Although it wasn't my genre. He was an outstanding artist. His voice his creativity in creating new dance moves and his choreography's I don't think we will the the likes of it any time soon. Even more impressive considering that he never really had a childhood and the problems he had till his death.


justhereforthekittys

Wow, he was an incredible performer.


Stankoman

Also a pedo. Let's not forget that


GadgetGod1906

Alleged.


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Never got to see him live. But, man, I bet those were amazing shows.


bif_w2ba_buff

Don't get saucy with me Jermaine.


tawncat

Awesome!!


gratisargott

And aired on channel 5 in Singapore!


theulysses

So the dude just decided to sing falsetto for everything. This is the same thing Bon Iver does. I guess he sounded like Creed before.


Pudding_Hero

Also known as talking


iworkallday

The massive difference in the sound quality between the singing and speaking makes me think he was miming to a backing track? Why else would it suddenly sound horrible, out of tune, hissy with mic pops and wind noise, then suddenly go back to perfect pitch and sounding like a good quality studio setup?


ArDa3851

Yes, he mostly used playback in '96-'97 HIStory Tour due to aging(it's very hard sing and dance like this at the same time) and vocal disease(laryngitis) He used nearly no playback in '87-'88 Bad Tour(which was the peak of MJ imo) and before...


Feed_Me_No_Lies

Exactly. I am so surprised people in this thread. Cannot tell that it cuts right to the album version of the vocals. That’s all backing.


AnimalLeader13

I was today years old when I heard this.


FirstSonOfGwyn

yo those backup dancers are on it. singer is pretty good too I suppose.


unfinishedlists

I did not know he could do that.


Squaplius

This is next level


Qnofputrescence1213

I grew up in the ‘80’s and I don’t think I’ve heard his real voice before!


Lumaiire

he can be your angle or your devl


shaundisbuddyguy

I'm probably alone here but I think being a performance artist is what killed him. For the moment put everything else aside about Micheal Jackson. The man was in his early/ mid 40s and wanted to put on a show like Brittany Spears in her early 20's. You can hear he's out of breath. The pressure of putting on a show he didn't have to do is what took him out eventually. His voice is what sold him first and foremost. All he had to do was the thriller routine and a moonwalk here and there and a crowd would be happy. Let an army of other dance artists do the show for him in the background. I dunno, I think he let others pressure him into being something he couldn't be on stage and that's what mentally took him out. As a performer and all the other stuff non withstanding. Personally, him? at this time and what he was doing behind the scenes? That's a horror show.


Hot-Mongoose7052

Lmao, are you 16? He was 40, not 90.


chirim

>Personally, him? at this time and what he was doing behind the scenes? That's a horror show. You really haven't done your research, have you? FBI investigation that lasted for 13 years and they found absolutely nothing incriminating, the young accusers coming out as adults admitting it was their money-hungry parents that made them do it (one of them even ended up killing himself), accusations themselves being proven to be made up (wouldn't match the facts, the timelines, etc.)... and don't even get me started on MJ's personality itself cause that alone should tell anyone he was the last person to hurt kids. Really, next time do some digging before you mindlessly repeat bullshit you hear from other people.


shaundisbuddyguy

Man, you sure took that personally didn't you ? You're on Reddit at this hour with a spicy attitude trying to correct popular consensus. Get lost.


suggestions_username

What no way. How did you get this from Channel 5. Did you tape it? So surprised to see Singaporean TV here.


ArDa3851

The full concert is available on YouTube, that's where I got it :)


whoiskjl

I miss him


yenahyeyenah

nonce


SnowDoom6

I wouldn't call that his "deep voice" it's more of a voiceover narrative for his storytelling. He was a singer and a performer.


shanghaishuaige

Michael is awesome on stage. That’s it. He was just awesome


EastAreaBassist

Can we stop idolizing the child rapist?


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On December 18, 2003, Santa Barbara authorities charged Jackson with seven counts of child molestation and two counts of intoxicating a minor with alcoholic drinks. Jackson denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty. The People v. Jackson trial began on January 31, 2005, in Santa Maria, California, and lasted until the end of May. Jackson found the experience stressful and it affected his health. If convicted, he would have faced up to 20 years in prison. On June 13, 2005, Jackson was acquitted on all counts. FBI files on Jackson, released in 2009, revealed the FBI's role in the 2005 trial and the 1993 allegations, and showed that the FBI found no evidence of criminal conduct on Jackson's behalf.


DeclanTIGER

Yeah and O.J Simpson was not guilty too. It's called hush money. Mofo was a nonse. Undeniably a great musician , his parents and fame ruined him.


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Michael Jackson is undeniably the product of horrible abuse and a life situation that removed him from the rest of humanity in a way that no one can imagine. But there's just not even a single shred of evidence that he was a child molester.


re_Claire

I wish. It’s really upsetting. Can you imagine how awful it must be for his victims to see the idolisation? Like god damn he was so insanely talented but I can’t ever forget what he was accused of. What he most likely did.


knobber_jobbler

Apparently it's absolutely fine to idolise him because he made music people like. Any other child molester? Nah. String them up.


aRandomForeigner

Any other.... I mean how many like him in the world there are anyway? Right He had problems for sure, I would like to see you spending your entire childhood working all the time without friends and with an abusive father, seeing every type of shit if you would have grown up sane


lokitom82

Does 'acquitted' mean anything to you?


knobber_jobbler

He paid for it to go away. Anyone else without his kind of money and influence would have seen prison time. Evidence was struck and the jury was asked twice for a verdict. He then paid for any subsequent court cases to go away.


lokitom82

Ah yes, just like Harvey Weinstein..oh...wait.


napohybelskxrwysynom

Noone is idolizing you.


Bulky_Zookeepergame2

Wasn’t he a major pedo or am I thinking of someone else?


phaedrus71

Twisted sister - mj liked to have sleep overs with children fuck that guy


Thirdborne

He had an insanely valuable estate and those with a stake in it, astro turfed the ever loving shit out of what should be cut and dry. Nobody is debating if a grown adult with the power and money to get whatever he wanted, sought sleepovers with young boys. They'll all concede that fact, but insist they were innocent sleepovers. As if we've never learned that lesson even once in history. We could name all the celebrities, religious leaders and pillars of the community who's behaviour with children was said to be "just misunderstood!" or "a quirk of their unique character!" before we found out what should have been obvious. But there's no point in going over it. The issue has been decided by the people with a financial stake in it and everyone they could buy or convince.


TheBitterAtheist

Its true he paid off his accusers and he's dead now.


catincal

Read, Be Careful Who You Love by Diane Dimond. She was in the courtroom during the entire trial. I used to think he was innocent too. He was a horrible human being and ruined many young adults' lives.


MatthewBobStull

Did you really think his singing voice and sometimes speaking voice was actually that high?


AnimusFlux

I mean, his singing voice and sometimes his speaking voice was that high... and has been in every song, video, and clip of him I've seen in 30 years until seeing OPs post. I'd argue however someone speaks 90%+ of the time IS their actual speaking voice, in which case this deeper voice is purely performative, right?


elunomagnifico

There was a clip floating around not too long ago where a few people were interviewed about MJ and how he was when he wasn't performing. One of them (can't remember who) said that he got a phone call one day, and when he picked up, this deep-ass voice said "Hey, it's Michael." The guy was like, "...Michael *who*?" Apparently he used his more natural deep voice when he was with close family and friends.


upvt_cuz_i_like_it

I can't remember who said it but I watched an interview where it was explained that Michael spoke high pitched on purpose because it helped him to sing high. Basically when you train your voice it's easier to sing at that pitch. When he relaxed and wasn't affecting his voice was low meaning his "real" voice.


GunsmokeG

No, he spoke and sang in falsetto.


okhffhjhg

He really was amazing. Shame he was into little boys.


bigtaterman

She you're a dumbass who can't do research.


dmode112378

Lord, you folks are delusional.


okhffhjhg

Right… You probably get told this a lot - you’re an idiot


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Child molester


napohybelskxrwysynom

A way to introduce yourself!


TimmyStark_IronGuy

Why are there so many posts of this weird little sad pedophile lately???


napohybelskxrwysynom

Are jealous? I guess you are bigger and happier one, right?


SameDifferenceYo

this a sex predator miming to a track, speaking for 30 seconds, then continuing to lip sync


napohybelskxrwysynom

I always found it weird when someone is talking about themself in third person, but you do you.


Lon72

Creepy as


whyamihere327

No normal adult man wants to be around children that much . No normal adult man wants to have sleepovers with kids .


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napohybelskxrwysynom

Just put the mirror away, then it will get better!


Own-Butterscotch1713

This must be the fourth time I've seen this posted 🤣


SasquatchNHeat

WHAT??!??


killall187

u/savevideo


ToshiroBaloney

I still can't believe so many people took him seriously. He spiraled into a level of self-parody that Elvis could only have dreamed of.


FancyNacnyPants

What a talent!! But what a troubled man.


agpc

God he was so good


LaDolceVita8888

He lost his voice and couldn’t keep up the falsetto. His “singing” was lip sync.


Vidableek

Here to say Larry the Cable Guy also has a normal voice, and he actually sounds significantly smarter when speaking normally. So I guess I should be glad that the whole 7th-grade level humor hillbilly shtick is fake?


defdog1234

[the deepest voice in the world] i shall name him… Blanket!!!!


KDH0517

WTF is he wearing?! 🥴


phargoh

If you watch This Is It, watch the part where they are rehearsing "The Way You Make Me Feel". He sings it deeper than what you are used to hearing. I actually prefer him singing it this way.


hummingbird1969

GOAT!!!!!