Themidwestcowboy
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I noticed that whenever fans deal with something themselves or read about something they love to come here and then project that all onto MJ and diagnose him with that. I think people should be a bit more careful with this armchair diagnosing MJ with all kind of conditions.
I don't think MJ's change of voice over the years is anything spectacular in terms of that you have to diagnose him with some sort of condition rather than it being the perfectly natural process of ageing. While his voice deepened it is not like he became Barry White. That he was able to hit higher notes in his early 20s than in his 40s is a perfectly natural process. Facial hair becoming more and stronger over the years is too. But again it is not like MJ ever became this very hairy dude. So to me there is no reason to armchair diagnose him with sort of hormonal disorder.
I don't know If believe in the hormonal stuff to be quite honest but if one just looks at it objectively, in 1984 MJ could still hit the very high notes like he did on the thriller album, come 1988/89 he could no longer hit those notes.*
We're not talking about a gradual change that took 10-15 years but it rather happened "over night" in just the span of 4-5 years. both Bruce Swedien and Brad said that MJ freaked out and was devastated when he couldn't sing the high notes on keep the faith.
I believe it was more than just natural aging but I've been very careful to not use the word decline as in his voice declined because he lost his ability to hit some really high notes. Imo it became more nuanced throughout the years as it
matured as he was able to use his voice in different ways.*
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