Boy,this is the most topics I've had to respond to in awhile! :D
I too am sick of not just the press but anyone (whom I might happen to hear) say that his voice just isn't the same anymore.
My mother is 65 and her voice is different than it was 25 years ago. Ever so slightly it's wispier than it was but I make no mention of it to her. She knows she's in the senior's age group but certainly does not need a reminder.
Gordon doesn't need to hear or read that either,in fact I wish he'd just come out and tell music columnists & all critics to "back off". (Changing a certain word to back for this message.) :D
He's okay with it and accepts it and so should these people who seem stuck in a time warp. Hey,I sometimes wish it was the '70s too but I accept (as Chad & Jeremy sang) "That,that was yesterday....and yesterday's gone."
