"....there is a part of me that longs for Gord's 70's voice...."
Me, too, <insert naughty giggle here> but, golly, there's part of me that longs for the way I looked in the 70s as well. Long time gone now but unlike mere 'photographs and memories,'in Gord's case we have that sound preserved as a forever reminder of what was. What is, is and pretty darn good all things considered (mostly the lifelong smoking.) Thirty years from now his fans will probably be bemoaning the decline of Josh Groban's voice in the same way. For singers I think it's harder on the musical equivalent of leading men (like Gord) than character actors (like Rod Stewart or Joe Cocker, for example) who vocally age less noticeably. They each have their unique sound but expectations are less: raspy is raspy at any age. It doesn't mean they can't sing or interpret songs equally movingly. But if they don't hold a note a long or clearly as they did 20 or 30 years ago, who'll notice?
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