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No lie hearing this performance makes it clear to me that Rob Halford really strains to get those vocal tones on the albums just right. You may play guitar well into old age, but nailing the vocals every performance does get harder as years go by
@@ABAddonfromHeLL fucking nailed every god damn note at the recent mercyful fate show in LA Saw Priest this past Monday and they skipped painkiller and the sentinel for this tour Don’t blame em 71 now and he had trouble hitting these notes here were he was probably around 41 But the dude can still hit some crazy notes on the more tame Priest stuff that They did.
Absolutely, they are the ones who defined the heavy metal twin axe attack. Awsome guitarists both of them. They match each other perfectly. Glenns' solo in Painkiller is a killer.
First of all, there's nary a song in existence that's as hard to sing as this. I had a killer Priest tribute for the better part of a decade and this song was always performed last because there was nothing left of my voice afterwards. Now, try and do the studio version 6 nights a week on tour. Not possible. End of story. No one could pull that off without sounding like complete shit at times. Trust me. You'll notice Rob's vocal style got much "dirtier" after Ram It Down. He made a choice of sorts. In a sense he painted himself into a corner with the Painkiller CD and Halford material because he decided to go a little more hardcore with his voice, which was great, but also almost impossible to reproduce consistently 5-6 nights a week. His style change cost him the ability to hit the notes that became synonymous with Halford. Sure he was still great in the studio, but that's completely different than reproducing it live, consistently. It's all smoke and mirrors now live. Can he still sing? Absolutely, but the guy we grew up listening to on Screaming For Vengeance and Defenders of the Faith has long been a part of the past in a live setting for well over a decade.
Yeah, generally I bow to metal singers like Rob. What many ignorant people don't realize is that this kind of music requires a hell lot of talent and skill. If you can play metal like Judas Priest, you can play anything.
I was born in 94 so I’ve only been able to see Priest live recently on the epitaph, redeemer of souls and firepower tours, and you’re right he doesn’t have the range to do the 80s stuff but when they do it anyway I think he’s one of the greatest vocalists still as he’s able to sing through almost any song and make it sound good, and still when they do painkiller or victim of changes people still go nuts over his ‘screams’ because he knows when to do them during the show too... I could say his style as a singer has ‘matured’ I like his midrange voice now and he even has done a little gutural style on songs like painkiller or metal gods...
I cant imagine a much harder metal song to sing live than this. I mean when you look up metal music in the dictionary, it just says see Judas Priest-Painkiller!
even rob has difficulties to sing this song live , that is a proof that legends of music are also humans, of course he is still amazing , he will be forever a legend and he will be forever the METAL GOD , long live rob halford , one of the best voices of the world and one of the best singer of rock
You people need to quit complaining, do you have any idea how difficult of a song painkiller is to sing??? And live for that matter, probably after belting through his vocal cords over a handful of highnotes beforehand. The fact that he pulled off the notes on record is enough to never question his abilities.
For the.idiots who are complaining about robs voice, the audio version is always worse compared to the sound you hear at concert. And rob is actually great, much better than the rock in rio and other 90s show. I would die to have that voice
@@A1000-b9s nah his second passagio is his least stable area of his voice after the late 80s and thats why he avoided it most of his career after the 80s, and whenever he is forced to go in this area he ends up with a thin and raspy tone like here
Rob sounds better singing this now in the present than he did in the 90's. His best performance is in Anaheim in 2003, shame it was his solo band and not Judas Priest.
oh and Id just like to edit in, He recieves even more props and respect for not altering the voice through the microphone and singing it the way he can...thats all I got
Tipton pulls offs his solos better than most guitarists, and so does K.K. Their solos sound pretty much the same live as they do on record and thats what i like about priest. Too many guitarists alter or improvise their solos, i just like to hear "familiar" solos, the ones i fell in love with :D
Totally agree with you Ozzie. As singers grow older they gradually lose the higher registers in their voice and the people who think they're always going to sound as good as the studio album version of the song are just fucking clueless.
Rob had vocal nodes here, and he was very tired emotionally after the lawuit. That is true! Too much pressure and anticipation for this tour. He could never replicate the vocals for this track Live, but did very well. For some reason he managed to do it very close with 'All Guns Blazing'.
I can understand vocal fatigue or medical problems. The thing is if you can't sing a note without sounding like a chipmunk, sing at a range you are comfortable at.
...so, in theory (as well as in practice)...Rob's delivery in the studio is done in careful increments and segments...he's well aware that whatever vocal approach he exacts per song is what he'll have to honor on stage as best as he can...and with a monster like THIS....precious few vocalists could ever attest to having any better a time of it than Rob ever did/does...
Holy shit! I was actually there and got front row pics of Priest. I have them somewhere. They opened with Hell Bent for Leather with Rob riding out on a motorcycle.
Rob is a legend...one of the best....but, yeah, he has never been able to pull this song off in a non studio setting. To even attempt, he has to stand completely still. I bet he regrets ever singing in this register on the album haha I'm sure it's a pain in the ass to do live.
+Brandon Bryson nah I think it was worth it to him to make one of the best (depending on who you ask) classic heavy metal songs, even if it's a challenge to perform it live, it keeps him on his toes so he doesn't get bored of it after 26 years
I never look at it that..he do sound bad, but go and listen to Zepplin 77 tour...Robert sounds bad,very bad...or better yet...go listen to Zakk's verson of Crazy train...now thats bad...
Rob sings Painkiller better nowadays believe you or not. Seeing this live was... No words to describe. Rob did a ultra fucking incredible performance. You guys try to check this song live 2015. You're gonna see it.
Now he isn't doing any song off of Painkiller he probably didn't think that people would want to hear it 20 years later he probably want's to kill his younger self for even thinking of doing this song in the first place
patrick cruz because he could but go watch the us festival it may give you a slight clue why hes having trouble now.. his face all red and veins on neck sticking out, because he gave every performance 100% until he had to rehab his voice, this is before..
People in 1989: "Judas Priest are old has-been's" Judas Priest 1990: Releases their heaviest album yet! :)
The-Art-of-Guitar like your videos :)
Can you make a tutorial showing us how to do that dive bomb in the intro?
Glenn Tipton 1990: “Hold my pint.”
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The album that showed KK's dominance over Glenn.
Glenn absolutely nailed the solo!
Fuck yeah he did.
yes glenn tipton is the best
When doesn't he? Man is a god. 🤘
Is nobody going to mention the fact that Glenn Tipton nailed that solo?
one great composer-artist indeed
Nothing special, he always nails it (as far as I know) ;-)
Tajem .T Such an awesome underrated guitarist! 💙
Yup, I am impressed. The man can hang with the better known shredders, and incredibly he acquired those skills later in his career. 🤘🏼
M. T. They are too busy disrespecting Rob's vocals. 🤦♀️🙄
Rob to sounds like he is trying to communicate with the martians
hahahahaha (Y)
hahahaha
ikr
Jajajajajaja xd
LOOOOOL
how can a human being come up with that guitar solo? out of this world indeed
He came up with both solos I believe
@@EverettVernon72nah he didnt
It's amazing how Glenn plays that solo with such ease.
This song contains some of the best solos ever written. Aggressive and melodic.
I love how Glenn doesn't pull any bullshit on stage, he just stands firm and kicks ass without any flashy headbanging or dancing.
But headbanging is characteristic of metal, it's not a bad thing. All that "flashy" stuff is not bad.
The GOAT alongside Iommi
@@SS-ui7byit's a bad thing if you prioritise headbanging over playing
the most killer drums introduction ever !!!
I just looooooove this song the drumming is so badass
I feel bad for Robs vocal cords watching this.
He can still do it! Hes like 70
@@nathanielleack4842 the Epitaph Live blows my mind every time
@@nathanielleack4842 indeed! sounds even better sometimes! th-cam.com/video/us8pP9e02aY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=pv6LWuU5NNEhPn0z
@@nathanielleack4842he can’t lol
@@nathanielleack4842 He could never do it lol
Glenn is so underrated. He nailed that solo.
By this time Glenn became an absolute machine. He could literally play anything during this era. Even his own Uber complex solos at faster tempo.
He is the pain killer, he is the Glenn Tipton!
Glenn Tipton was a freaking monster. So complex, so fast, yet so melodic, creative and on point, unbelievable player!
Damn, Glenn absolutely nailed that solo. Superb performance.
No lie hearing this performance makes it clear to me that Rob Halford really strains to get those vocal tones on the albums just right. You may play guitar well into old age, but nailing the vocals every performance does get harder as years go by
And that's why he's the Metal God
its a difficult to nail in the studio , let alone live, but no hate to rob , but I cracked up when his vocals came up . I just don't know why.
King Diamond says otherwise
@@ABAddonfromHeLL indeed.
@@ABAddonfromHeLL fucking nailed every god damn note at the recent mercyful fate show in LA
Saw Priest this past Monday and they skipped painkiller and the sentinel for this tour
Don’t blame em
71 now and he had trouble hitting these notes here were he was probably around 41
But the dude can still hit some crazy notes on the more tame Priest stuff that They did.
That solo by Glenn is beyond comprehension. WOW!
Absolutely, they are the ones who defined the heavy metal twin axe attack. Awsome guitarists both of them. They match each other perfectly. Glenns' solo in Painkiller is a killer.
The first solo this gentleman is playing can wake up the dead
Amazing work.
If they open with this song I'm sure he can nail it like in the record.
But that will probably be the last song he nails in the show.
First of all, there's nary a song in existence that's as hard to sing as this. I had a killer Priest tribute for the better part of a decade and this song was always performed last because there was nothing left of my voice afterwards. Now, try and do the studio version 6 nights a week on tour. Not possible. End of story. No one could pull that off without sounding like complete shit at times. Trust me. You'll notice Rob's vocal style got much "dirtier" after Ram It Down. He made a choice of sorts. In a sense he painted himself into a corner with the Painkiller CD and Halford material because he decided to go a little more hardcore with his voice, which was great, but also almost impossible to reproduce consistently 5-6 nights a week. His style change cost him the ability to hit the notes that became synonymous with Halford. Sure he was still great in the studio, but that's completely different than reproducing it live, consistently. It's all smoke and mirrors now live. Can he still sing? Absolutely, but the guy we grew up listening to on Screaming For Vengeance and Defenders of the Faith has long been a part of the past in a live setting for well over a decade.
Yeah, generally I bow to metal singers like Rob. What many ignorant people don't realize is that this kind of music requires a hell lot of talent and skill. If you can play metal like Judas Priest, you can play anything.
I guess Rob's best performance of the Painkiller was at the Anaheim concert and yep I agree this song is nearly impossible to sing
I was born in 94 so I’ve only been able to see Priest live recently on the epitaph, redeemer of souls and firepower tours, and you’re right he doesn’t have the range to do the 80s stuff but when they do it anyway I think he’s one of the greatest vocalists still as he’s able to sing through almost any song and make it sound good, and still when they do painkiller or victim of changes people still go nuts over his ‘screams’ because he knows when to do them during the show too... I could say his style as a singer has ‘matured’ I like his midrange voice now and he even has done a little gutural style on songs like painkiller or metal gods...
Just saw Judas Priest live yesterday. And believe me, he's 63 years old and he's singing this song better today that in the 90's ;)
Sufro por este hombre....parece que le está dando un ataque al corazón....eso sí la canción de lo mejor de la historia del metal
The vocals and guitars are insane as well!!
With this audio, sounds like Elizabeht Queen its singing......The Painkiller!!!
This is a great comment! I was reading this as he started singing. XD
LOL
one of the greatest solos I've ever heard
2:15
I cant imagine a much harder metal song to sing live than this. I mean when you look up metal music in the dictionary, it just says see Judas Priest-Painkiller!
That solo is so damn perfect that it looks like the recordings one dubbed over the track!
The best duo ever in my opinion..incredible.
This is a prayer, Amen. The Priest rocks the hardest, the loudest, the bestest, and the truethest
even rob has difficulties to sing this song live , that is a proof that legends of music are also humans, of course he is still amazing , he will be forever a legend and he will be forever the METAL GOD , long live rob halford , one of the best voices of the world and one of the best singer of rock
i think he sings the chorus better now than he did then lol
excellent thank you for this video!!
With all the helium in the world I couldnt even sing like Rob does, rock on brotha!
That solo is on point. Polished and sharp.
Can't help but picturing Spongebob in my head. Studioversion still rules!
You people need to quit complaining, do you have any idea how difficult of a song painkiller is to sing??? And live for that matter, probably after belting through his vocal cords over a handful of highnotes beforehand. The fact that he pulled off the notes on record is enough to never question his abilities.
not really. You can do wonders in studio and add milions of effects to sound better. Check painkiller vocals only you have it on youtube.
+Marko Simic watch the live version of desert plains....
For the.idiots who are complaining about robs voice, the audio version is always worse compared to the sound you hear at concert. And rob is actually great, much better than the rock in rio and other 90s show. I would die to have that voice
Agreed. Except TOOL
Wdym, rob sound bad here
@@conorknott2683how though? His is mostly stable with his technique
@@A1000-b9s nah his second passagio is his least stable area of his voice after the late 80s and thats why he avoided it most of his career after the 80s, and whenever he is forced to go in this area he ends up with a thin and raspy tone like here
everybody outdid himself on this album... what a fucking solo... especially the studio version, nobody can replicate that.. ever.
Man Glenn is on in this one! Love it!
When you look up "Heavy Metal" in the encyclopedia, this video comes up. Mind blowing. Glenn Tipton ❤
Yes! I work with vocal techniques, and I know how difficult it is to sing that even in album! That's a extreme song to voice!
I saw them on this tour in Toronto
in October 1990...UN-BE-FUCKING-LEAVABLE!!!
Question: Define Heavy Metal.
Answer: PAINKILLER!!
this was days after I was born :D I'm happy I was born into an era where thrash metal was right around its peak
Rob sounds better singing this now in the present than he did in the 90's. His best performance is in Anaheim in 2003, shame it was his solo band and not Judas Priest.
+ozzy4ever666 For me, his best performance was in sofia 2004 and it was with JP
check out the 2005 version with Priest, he did pretty good then too
0:09 "We'll rip your skin off with this one" ..haha...love it.
this is eric cartman singing LOL
WTF LOL
LMFAO
HAHAHAHAH YES
Imagine if he just threw away his mic halfway like "HE... IS... THE....screw you guys, i'm goin' home"
HAHAHAH
oh and Id just like to edit in, He recieves even more props and respect for not altering the voice through the microphone and singing it the way he can...thats all I got
One of the best heavy metal songs of all time ( if not the best) At least my personal favorite. :)
glenn tipton that guy is a fuckin goooooooooood
man these are the true metal gods
Tipton pulls offs his solos better than most guitarists, and so does K.K. Their solos sound pretty much the same live as they do on record and thats what i like about priest. Too many guitarists alter or improvise their solos, i just like to hear "familiar" solos, the ones i fell in love with :D
He is amazing
Respect for Rob but, seriously, he sings like my grandma xd 3:36
David Muñoz Arjona DEAD XD
XD
Your grandma is pretty metal then😂😂🤘🏻
Every note every time
C'mon people. You gotta give Rob credit for at least trying. I know those high pitched wails and screeches are difficult to pull off, especially live.
Totally agree with you Ozzie. As singers grow older they gradually lose the higher registers in their voice and the people who think they're always going to sound as good as the studio album version of the song are just fucking clueless.
People give the Ripper all kinds of shit for his time in Priest, but he managed to pull off those high pitched wails and screeches effortlessly.
Rob had vocal nodes here, and he was very tired emotionally after the lawuit. That is true! Too much pressure and anticipation for this tour. He could never replicate the vocals for this track Live, but did very well. For some reason he managed to do it very close with 'All Guns Blazing'.
I can understand vocal fatigue or medical problems. The thing is if you can't sing a note without sounding like a chipmunk, sing at a range you are comfortable at.
@@DimitriosDenton
Metal audience has high expectations.
This isn' t pop or some other garbage.
When Rob Halford did the helium challenge
THE SINGING IS EPIC
Now I see Chuck Schuldiner's way of playing the guitar comes from... Glenn Tipton
best fucken song of all time
Rob sounds like my cat in this one , 2005 version is way better.
+Διονυσης Κανακης Ντροπη σου και μπραβο σου
lolol
Halford was almost 40 in this concert. No surprise the downtuned version in 2005 sounds better. Easier on the vocals.
The recording quality suck though.
1991 version is better.
rooooooooooooock pain!!pain!!KILLER!!!!KILLER!!!
For this is the metal God
This song is the definition of thrash metal.
...so, in theory (as well as in practice)...Rob's delivery in the studio is done in careful increments and segments...he's well aware that whatever vocal approach he exacts per song is what he'll have to honor on stage as best as he can...and with a monster like THIS....precious few vocalists could ever attest to having any better a time of it than Rob ever did/does...
Omg, haha, this is the most entertaining live performance ever
2005? WTF xD, This is the best version
Holy shit! I was actually there and got front row pics of Priest. I have them somewhere. They opened with Hell Bent for Leather with Rob riding out on a motorcycle.
maybe so, but Glenn and KK sound absolutely killer. Incredible playing from both especially in the solos
Everybody's talking about Glenn's solo...Gotta give some love to KK's solo at the end, too.
Best painkiller live solo ever, but Rob...
solos save the song
Poor audio recording.
@@godzillasimpson8357 No it was flat out bad
OMFG Gotta love Solo's!!!!!!
It's Elmo :0
god i love this song
He sounds like an old lady.
We all do while singing Painkiller
Omg... this comment. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I can image Type O Negative 15 minutes long slow version sung in a deep voice.
Amazing performance The solos are the same! I havn't heard this in years.
He sounds like the Spongebob in Germany :DD
hahahahhahah, i'm laughing like a maniac :P
This is even MORE BADASS than the studio recording since its a little bit faster.
Tipton is on fire on this, Halford sounds like a child. Legends though
Sickest song ever!
Rob is a legend...one of the best....but, yeah, he has never been able to pull this song off in a non studio setting. To even attempt, he has to stand completely still. I bet he regrets ever singing in this register on the album haha I'm sure it's a pain in the ass to do live.
+Brandon Bryson nah I think it was worth it to him to make one of the best (depending on who you ask) classic heavy metal songs, even if it's a challenge to perform it live, it keeps him on his toes so he doesn't get bored of it after 26 years
I saw Rob perform with Fight, in the 90's, and that dude could sing. It was a very good show.
Noone can cover that solo. These harmonics are sick.
Maybe Pantera before they became huge if you look up their past but yeah this band is the best of the best
greatest solo
sounds like Spongebob
:v
Spongerob Squalford.
@@MoonchildMindaugas2 🤣🤣🤣
@@MarioFilmsProductions 😁✌️
That's the death cover of painkiller on the first scream th-cam.com/video/JArjr-IxzlI/w-d-xo.html
BEST OF THE BEST !!!!!!
OMG, this is funny as hell..stop please..I can see Downing and Tipton trying to hold back their laughter as Halford's vocals turn into Mickey Mouse
Bestes Judas Priest song ever!
I love Judas priest, and I'm not trying to sound mean, but why does his voice sound like that? That actually annoyed me alot.
yeah i feel you... i guess ripper Owens was better live
Painkiller is that one song that Rob has never been able to do. Shame really
its eric cartman
Maybe is the quality of video.
Ana Lidia González Yescas that and also it was always towards the end of the setlist so rob was always tired by the time painkiller would come along
the true god of metal
I never look at it that..he do sound bad, but go and listen to Zepplin 77 tour...Robert sounds bad,very bad...or better yet...go listen to Zakk's verson of Crazy train...now thats bad...
Rob sings Painkiller better nowadays believe you or not. Seeing this live was... No words to describe. Rob did a ultra fucking incredible performance. You guys try to check this song live 2015. You're gonna see it.
I bet rob regrets singing that high In the first place.
He hasn't hit it since that day in the studio. Send me a link if he did.
Now he isn't doing any song off of Painkiller he probably didn't think that people would want to hear it 20 years later he probably want's to kill his younger self for even thinking of doing this song in the first place
Wow.........what a solo!!
he sounds like Tweety from loony tunes
my favorite band...rob halford cs...love you...!!
why compose a song that you cant sing well in live? o.O
Why not? This song is so fucking awesome
i know but he cant sing it live
Yes, but that doesn't mean that they can't compose it
patrick cruz because he could but go watch the us festival it may give you a slight clue why hes having trouble now.. his face all red and veins on neck sticking out, because he gave every performance 100% until he had to rehab his voice, this is before..
Deej dawn-roxanne he can sing it live check ot other videos. jesus!
Glenn nailed that shit but I could not stop laughing as the dudes vocals
He nails the high notes and screams/screeches, but his voice sounds pretty awful.
I saw Halford open for Iron Maiden. He sounded like a volcano spewing molten iron. A wall of sound.
Here he's like a little girl lol
lolol