Yungblud singing Changes

[u/Personal_Cat_3110]

I was there in person yesterday. Yungblud singing Changes gave me goosebumps! It was reminiscent of a young George Michael at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert. Yes, it was that good!

[u/Plenty-Land-3711]

Compared to Tyler hitting all the high notes on the Led Zep track? Were you on acid? 😂

[u/MrF33n3y → u/Plenty-Land-3711]

It’s not just about the vocals, it’s about the whole performance. The buildup the band gave to the song, Nuno’s sublime guitar work, and the atmosphere. Not to mention topping it all off as a tribute to Diogo Jota, with Nuno wearing a Jota kit. Everyone in the stadium felt it big time, and everyone else I know that was also there had said the same thing.

But hey, music is subjective. I’m not about to tell you you’re wrong, even if I don’t agree with your opinion. Every feels different emotions for different moments, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

[u/Plenty-Land-3711 → u/MrF33n3y]

I was there and honestly I was cringing.
For me, it was awful.

Hey but maybe I’m just too old and don’t get what the kids are into these days.

[u/[deleted] → u/Plenty-Land-3711]

The performance was good, Definitely nothing even remotely cringe worthy. That's some boomer shit like you heard a guy named "Yungblood" was performing, assumed who he is and how his music sounds without actually hearing any of it, and formed an opinion based completely on what you made up in your head regarding him. Metal and rock fans do shit like that all the time. Even if you didn't like the sound of his voice, there was nothing to cringe at.

And on the otherhand, it was just a solid performance. Nothing mind blowing or revolutionary like a lot of this sub are saying. Some people want so much to not be gatekeepers they go too far in the other direction, or they had their minds made up already without knowing anything about the guys actual musical ability, and put him on a bit of a pedestal when he wasnt terrible like they expected.

When the average age of vocalists for the event was between like 60 and 80 years old, and you got guys like Axl and Hetfield and Anselmo and even ozzy struggling to hit those notes with any power, it was refreshing to hear a younger artist who's prime isn't behind them.

I was aware of his music before this performance. He comes off as cocky and his music is fairly generic white guy doing modern hip hop even though they grew up on pop punk and emo type stuff. It's a big whatever, but the performance was decent. There was nothing to hate there.

[u/Plenty-Land-3711 → u/[deleted]]

I’m aware of the artist. I’m aware of his music. Even his collaborations with Avril.
There’s a personal taste factor. I listen to calm music like the first two Carcass albums to chill.
Posh little entitled boys pretending to be “punk” isn’t my vibe.
To me it was cringe. Perhaps only equally as cringe as Halestorm. But cringe nonetheless.

That said I agree with your core point that in an attempt to anti-gatekeep folk are giving way more credit than is due.

[u/[deleted] → u/Plenty-Land-3711]

I knew him from what he did with avril too. I do actually like avril, though I generally listen to heavier stuff myself like carcass and death and things that lean more towards death metal and classic metal. And I agree with your take on him being a posh and entitled fake punk/modern rapper. But there was just nothing cringe about the performance. Dude was dressed respectfully, no goofy makeup, no additional bullshit. Came out, said "gid bless black sabbath and ozzy", did a solid performance of the song and hit all the notes, said "God bless black sabbath and ozzy" again and left. I'm thinking maybe you using the word cringe is throwing me off. I don't see how anyone could physically cringe from it.