It's safe to say that women such as Madonna and Kylie go to extreme lengths to look 18 years old at all times. This might possibly include botox injections, implants and 'falling off a horse' but we wouldn't want to accuse anyone of having bolts in their head to keep their face tight.
But as Kylie and Madonna (and even Britney) get older, why are their voices getting rubbish? True, their not quite to the point where they are bellowing like granny in a church on Sunday, but each of these ladies' voices has changed, for the worse, as she has progressed in her career.
Compare Madonna's vocals in 'Like A Prayer' to 'Give It 2 Me'. From a full throttle belting to a reedy simper, Madonna's voice is not the same.
Kylie, happy with her perm blowing bubbles in the bath in the 'I Should Be So Lucky' had a strong, cheerful voice. On her recent singles, her voice has been so squeaky you'd be forgiven for thinking there was hinge nearby in need of oiling.
The same is true of Britney, although we think maybe her voice has been affected by all those nice parties and late-night trips to have a hair cut or attack cars with umbrellas (her defining moment). Belting out 'Baby One More Time', her mouth is barely used in 'Womanizer', instead pushing all the sounds she needs out of her nostrils instead. Nasal doesn't even come close.
We don't know why these women can't sing very well any more, or at least as well as they used to, but we bloody well wish they'd at least perk up a bit and throw out the notes we have evidence they are capable of. No more namby-pamby trilling, we want these women to work their voice boxes, not just gargle from the back of their throats.
Rant over. We've listened to 'Womanizer' so many times in the past week that we couldn't keep our thoughts on Britney's voice in any longer.
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