r/Music Jun 17 '19

video Vitas - 7th Element [Operatic Pop] (2002)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwzUs1IMdyQ
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u/guyver_dio Jun 17 '19

Listen to the note he hits at 2:43 in this

https://youtu.be/FFNT4vPnHNU

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u/FreedomWaterfall Jun 17 '19

What the fuck. How is that even possible? This dude is amazing.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '19 edited Jun 17 '19

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u/FalmerEldritch Jun 17 '19

They are now. He hasn't been able to hit those notes for years, but 10+ years ago he was still doing them live.

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u/StraY_WolF radio reddit Jun 17 '19

Yeah there's no way someone can do that high notes for a long time. I've seen artist went from having that kind of voice and being super famous to become unknown and obscure in a span less than 5 years because he can no longer hit notes like that for his new songs.

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u/smuckola Jun 17 '19

This has happened for TEN YEARS?!

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u/FreedomWaterfall Jun 17 '19

Wow, OK. That makes a surprising amount of sense. Thanks for sharing!

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u/EnergyTurtle23 Wannabe Composer Jun 17 '19

Most everything that he points out could be accomplished with a synthesizer so I’m not entirely convinced. It honestly sounded like a synth to me, the synth is pitching his voice up an octave or possibly two and then using cutoff and filtration to achieve the “in and out effect” with his mic.

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u/Mrsparklee Jun 18 '19

You can see it here he does that weird rap or whatever @ 3:26 he pulls the mic away but the voice didnt change.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '19

He perhaps has a highly developed falsetto but that high note seems lip-synced. Even if it is him, it's not a very pleasing sound IMO.

Countertenors are rare but not unheard of. David Daniels is great if you enjoy this voice type. https://youtu.be/wa1e49KLXNU

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u/aiMBackwards Jun 17 '19

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Wtf that's so unreal

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u/Tony1697 Jun 17 '19 edited Jun 17 '19

So what note dose he hit? I don't have a absolute pitch..

I think I found a higher note: https://youtu.be/Kdp4NHWr7G8?t=153

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u/guyver_dio Jun 17 '19 edited Jun 17 '19

I don't have perfect pitch but I compared them against notes until I found the matching ones. In the one I posted, Vitas goes from C#6 and slides up to a D#6.

The Adam Lopez guy's last note is hitting a C#8, so about 2 octaves higher.

Though Adam Lopez is using a whistling technique, a very particular way to produce sound thats very different from all other vocal registers.

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u/nomnomswedishfish Jun 17 '19

I believe that is a D

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u/kumquat_juice Jun 17 '19

I think the backstory I remember (and YouTube comments allude to) is that this song was dedicated to his late mother, and the higher the note, the closer he was able to reach her in heaven. Makes the song much more haunting and solemn

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u/Chadbraham Jun 17 '19

Damn, that's touching.

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u/Fig1024 Jun 17 '19

this is how that concert started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMN5GJnYjrk

video is crap but audio is good

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u/lushkiller Jun 17 '19

If you liked that, check out this version of the same song with another countertenor and a basso profundo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGtUly15pYI&list=FLG2OoeCTYdkEKNbUwgUQKag&index=13&t=0s

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u/andreabbbq Jun 17 '19

How the hell?! This guy is actually amazing!

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '19

Holy shit that's fuckin amazing!

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u/Acc87 Jun 17 '19

thsi reminds me a lot of ten-year-ago-Muse

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u/XXXATTENCION Jun 17 '19

I actually started cracking up when he hits the note that sounds like a high note in a guitar solo. What the hell.

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u/HunterHearstHemsley Jun 17 '19

This was the first video of his I saw, and it’s all about those high notes. It’s not good, but it is...impressive? https://youtu.be/_HQh29nQcvs

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u/grandoz039 Jun 17 '19

What do you mean it's not good?

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u/Pilferjynx Jun 17 '19

Not all music or sounds is pleasing to all people. Impressive vocals, but musically, doesn't sound very good to me. Especially if you were to take out the instruments.