{"id":16806,"date":"2022-05-11T12:02:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T12:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicsynclicense.com\/?p=16806"},"modified":"2022-05-11T12:18:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T12:18:15","slug":"the-darkness-justin-hawkins-on-jon-bon-jovis-reported-vocal-struggles-the-people-around-him-need-to-tell-him-to-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurus.net\/musicsynclicense\/the-darkness-justin-hawkins-on-jon-bon-jovis-reported-vocal-struggles-the-people-around-him-need-to-tell-him-to-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"The Darkness\u2019 Justin Hawkins on Jon Bon Jovi\u2019s reported vocal struggles: \u201cThe people around him need to tell him to stop\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\" src=\"https:\/\/jurus.net\/musicsynclicense\/wp-content\/uploads\/darkness-bon-jovi.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Darkness&#039; Justin Hawkins \/ Bon Jovi\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-darkness\">The Darkness<\/a>\u2019\u00a0Justin Hawkins has given his verdict on Jon Bon Jovi\u2019s reported recent struggles with his vocals.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-interviews\/does-rock-n-roll-kill-braincells-justin-hawkins-the-darkness-2585228\">Does Rock \u2018N\u2019 Roll Kill Braincells?! \u2013 Justin Hawkins, The Darkness<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The latter&#8217;s US tour with his band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/bon-jovi\">Bon Jovi<\/a> last month received regular criticism for the standard of the singer&#8217;s vocals, with one reviewer describing his performance as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twincities.com\/2022\/04\/03\/concert-review-jon-bon-jovis-pained-vocals-were-livin-on-a-prayer-at-xcel-energy-center-concert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;shockingly poor&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jovi has yet to publicly acknowledge the negative reviews, while reps for the band declined to comment to <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.app.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2022\/05\/09\/jon-bon-jovi-voice-vocal-issues-bad-singing\/9661274002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the <em>Asbury Park Press<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=mf1SwoqOjRw&#038;feature=oembed\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=mf1SwoqOjRw&amp;feature=oembed<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his YouTube series <em>Justin Hawkins Rides Again <\/em>last week, the Darkness musician expressed sympathy for the singer, and observed that Jovi&#8217;s vocals sounded \u201ctired\u201d rather than hindered by a vocal cord problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sounds like he needs some kind of [vocal] therapy,\u201d Hawkins said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t sound like it\u2019s a polyp or some sort of lump on his vocal cords, because that would be more unpredictable \u2014 he would be hitting the notes, and then it would squeak off and it would do something unexpected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But that\u2019s not what\u2019s happening here. This sounds like he\u2019s super-tired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What&#039;s Wrong With His Voice?!\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cv7IMEELY_Q?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Hawkins theorised that while Jovi has been singing in a lower key, the singer hasn\u2019t been able to find the \u201cmuscle memory\u201d in his voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sounds like something he\u2019s gonna need some therapy with \u2014 actually talk to somebody and try and coax the performances back out,\u201d Hawkins said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t sound to me like there\u2019s damage in there. I\u2019m not a doctor, but I\u2019ve experienced voice problems before. And to hold a note with it being off key suggests some pitching issues that might be to do with hearing as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawkins added: \u201cIt\u2019s not fun to watch this, and it isn\u2019t fun to regard one of the greats&#8230; He\u2019s a great singer \u2014 he always has been \u2014 but this sounds like something is eating away at him from the inside.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel like the people around him need to tell him to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"jwplayer-video-dUNN0BUt\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/listen-to-the-darkness-new-rocky-song-motorheart-3017803\">The Darkness&#8217; most recent album, &#8216;Motorheart&#8217;,<\/a> was released back in November.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-darkness-justin-hawkins-on-jon-bon-jovi-reported-vocal-struggles-3223115\">The Darkness&#8217; Justin Hawkins on Jon Bon Jovi&#8217;s reported vocal struggles: &#8220;The people around him need to tell him to stop&#8221;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\">NME<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Darkness\u2019\u00a0Justin Hawkins has given his verdict on Jon Bon Jovi\u2019s reported recent struggles with his vocals. 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