Billie Joe's Vocals.

[jensername]

I love his vocals from all eras of time. It has changed,

but it sounds amazing on every album.

[darenmay]

i think billie's vocals can be distinguished from 3 different eras: kerplunk, dookie, and AI/21stCB.

versus

the transition of the vocals from Dookie to AI i think can be best heard in Redundant.

it's like a mixed-up of those two distinct vocals.

[Boston]

I love his voice on every album, because, as was said in the first post, it matured with the music and therefore his vocal style on each album fits with the style and maturity of the album.

21CB is not my favorite album for any instrument or vocal sound because of its production quality. They need to go back to Robbie boy.

[CamCam]

i love his rawness and ragged voice he does live on songs like american idiot, especially the 'aaaaaaaaaaalllllllriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiite!' which is so amazing

he really has a beautiful voice and i like all his styles, but its funny how he changes it half way through live shows for the old stuff which i think i like just that little bit more

[Red Lights Flash]

Yeah, I like the AI era, everything he sings on that album actually sounds like a bold statement, even in the ballads. 21stCB might be a little too soft-sounding (on the album, his voice live is still AI-style I think)

[HoneyDo666]

21CB...it's actually a voice, his range is gorgeous.

I don't think the vocals were given their due before AI. He sounds better live now than he ever has. When he doesn't push it, it's heavenly <3

[nikki0995]

His older albums i think his vocals were alot different. But in 21st century breakdown i dont this his vocals were over produced because i saw him in concert during the summer and he sounds the same way he did in his albums. I personally like 21st century breakdown, his newer albums becuase thats how i really got introduced to green day. but im started to like his vocals in their older albums. its a tough call def a hard question to answer.

[Guest]

i love his voice now, it's beautiful live which is what is important. he's always had a great voice but he's really improved as a singer over the years.

[The Platypus!]

I don't really have a favourite, but I would say now but only because live it sounds really good with old and new songs.

[bluejoberry]

every album has its specific climate. Billie's voice on every record sounds different too. for example, compare Dookie and Insomniac. in a way, they're different.

it is normal that for kinda much mature songs he has to sing in a different way. but after all I don't like the way he sings nowadays. it's too... ehm, let's say too high for me.

nimrod an American Idiot are the best times for him.. for his voice. XD it's unavoidable that his voice changes. sometimes in a good way and sometimes not.

[addictedjamie]

I like being able to hear so understand the vocals, which makes AI better for me. His voice has got better.

[Marki.]

That video in the opening post is one of my favourites

I like Billie's voice on every album. It's a little bit different in each one, but it's always Billie - it always has that special sound that I can't really define, that always makes me all amdnqhč;hfrqjavn He has such an unique and beautiful voice, you can never confuse it with someome else.

[Boston]

After reading this thread, I've been listening to songs from different eras and comparing them a bit. Aside from the differences I've noticed, its been kind of cool listening to the songs with a purpose and without singing along. Focusing to Billie's voice kind of gave me that thrilled feeling that I got seeing him preform live this summer. Its always wonderful to rediscover music.

[21st century idiot]

I can'rt decide i like his voice on most of the albums

[Isabel]

I love his vocals from the earlier days, they match all of that raw emotion compiled from those wonderful songs.

[Vespertine]

His voice has always been amazing, really. I guess people think his voice has improved due to the fact that in their old songs, it wasn't really "explored" a lot.

[green day is]

I never thought about that.I guess between Dookie and Nimrod.I don't know why but I like his vocals during these eras more.

You mean Insomniac XD

Also, my favorite vocals are both

The unique ones on Brain Stew, with the slurring and odd pronunciation that somehow made "delirium" and "dull" rhyme and the Longview demo, which is better than the studio version, IMO.

[Rachel Nimrod Armstrong]

Dookie!!!!

[annimaria]

I prefer his vocals on AI and 21stCB, but I do love his sound on the earliest albums, his voice fits the songs, they're young and fast, and that's what his voice sounds like aswell if that makes any sense.

[LinziLetterbomb]

I think his voice sounded great in Warning, especially Jackass! And Nimrod too, but i do have to agree that he sounds overproduced in 21CB. His voice seems to be getting more powerful all the time though.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDK0BrqTQAw

[IlariaIDIOT]

I really don't know which I prefer. I love his younger, youthful voice though I think he does sound better these days with a more mature, clean voice. More perfected in a way. It just depends on what mood I'm in, but I love his voice no matter what, there's something about it...

[beejeezee]

Personally I love his voice no matter what. Something about it just, I don't have a word to explain. Like in American Idiot. On some songs like American Idiot, parts of Jesus Of Suburbia, St. Jimmy. his voice has a hard edge to it. While in songs like Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Give Me Novacaine, Whatsername. It's more smooth. 21st Century Breakdown, in my opnion, is the album that really shows how beatiful of a voice he has. From Song Of The Century to See The Light. Going from Dookie to 21st Century Breakdown was like going from drinking nothing from water all your life then all of a sudden getting completetly wasted. Just a "holy fuck!" moment for me. iViva La Gloria!, Restless Heart Syndrome, 21 Guns. I've never felt the need to say it but, he has the voice of an angel. Like the end of 21st Century Breakdown, just beatiful still with that hard edge to it. And Working Class Hero. If Billie's voice could have gotten any more gorgeous I wouldn't have believed it until I listened to this. Thw first time I listened to it I swear I had goosebumps.

If anyone understood what I just wrote congrats for you

[toomuchtoosoon]

Honestly, I think I like his vocals from Nimrod the best. That was really a transitional record to the newer style. His voice retains the really good, semi-out of control punch it had from before, but it also has a lot more clarity as well.

Actually, when I stop to think about it, it's amazing how much his vocal style (and the band's style) changed between Insomniac and Nimrod. There's only a two year difference between the two.

[Sanity Loan]

I like AI/21CB vocals more than anything... more vocal range. And he can either make it soft and soothing or hard and edgy with a bit of "scream-o" in there. Its great.