+Zack Hartley This leads me to believe the music is masking some of the frequencies of his voice and he isn't screwing up like people think. if you listen very carefully, the grit is there and it sounds pretty spot on.
Halford has always been changing the way he sings this song. I have never heard one version sounding like anyother. He does change every time he sings this. And that pleases me
Man I can not imagine the hell rob halfords lungs must feel doing this song and a few others. Part of the reason rob is my favorite singer is because of how all the way he goes with the songs he dosnt miss one scream that was in the studio version.
When I heard this I thought the recorded version was completely auto tuned. But if you watch the Anaheim 2003 concert he nails this song perfectly so he's legit. I imagine this song is hard as hell to sing like that.
Linh Nguyen I've done this on vocal cover but never ever can be compared to Rob..after I'd sung it,I was like "I can't believe Rob done this" btw this song make who plays metal feel proud ;)
I like the way how people are saying that this performance was a "fail"... seriously? I mean for christ sake, in 91 Halford was 40/41 years old, he's been screaming for a long time in his life with Priest both studio and live. So I would like to see you people bitchin about his voice, to try and do what he's done and still sound amazing at his age!
It doesn't makes sense for me to try and Sing like him because i never went onstage with the proposal of siging this song (and never will), but rob did that and failed, many times, if he can't Sing he shouldn't
Now watch any performance from 2015 on this current tour and he is fucking badass! Put's most of his performances of this song before this year to shame!
Daggerithian It's amazing how much better he sounds singing this song now than back then. Astounding considering his current age and difficulty of the track.
I think the main problem with this performance is that they always play this song too late in the set, when Halford's voice is already tired; add to that the fact that he wasn't exactly in his prime when this took place (he was pushing 40 in 1991). If Priest would've played it among the first 5 songs of the set, then Halford would've been capable of doing a much better job. His 2003 live in Anaheim performance is clear proof of that.
Agreed. That was the reason they played Painkiller earlier part of their setlist at the latter tours. We could hear the deteriorating symptoms which could be clearly detected in other live performances such as The Sentinel where his voice sounds thin and a little bit vicious. - From a shitless slave region of humanism being suffered under hoon-tribe-originated-parasitism and kiki'she' collectivism which is known as the name 'Korea', whose dwellers always steals and begs from Japan's original history which clearly inherited sincere humanity in Ancient Cudara more than its 'original' dwellers in hometown.
This guy must be insane! It was summer time in Rio! 40º celsius! Or more! And I saw him repeat that 10 year later in Rock In Rio III. It was even more insane, it was daytime, and he uses a full leather costume and sings like there is no tomorrow!
What I find very interesting is that he says "I´m gonna sing 'the painkiller' and everybody in Brazil is supposed to know it. And in fact they know it!!! Awesome!
This song is without question the most difficult one I have ever sung. True, Rob isn't in top form here, but then again, on this tour he was singing each night for 90 minutes straight, and he did it about 5 times a week for almost a year. JP is king!!!
Unfortunately Robs voice was already deteriorating by this time he was born in 51 this is 91 so he's roughly around 40 at this time.Lets face it this is not like singing Frank Sinatra.. this is very taxing on the vocal chords and like Halford said his partying and sexual capades we're definitely doing him in you can tell how exhausted and out of breath he looks.. even though he's now up in his sixties under the right circumstances I think he can still sing quite well.. Ripper Owens is almost 50 and he can still do what Harvard was doing in his twenties and thirties still has the ability to hit and sustain the highest of notes. I think the Rippers lifestyle has helped preserve his voice
The great thing about Rob Halford is that he've managed to record the studio version which is unbelievably awesome .. So stop judging this live performance .. If he was a bad singer the song woldn't exist .. Halford's a legend in heavy metal and it's not you who will critisise his talent.
WOW when i first heard this song i did not think it sounded anything like Judas Priest and i never thought he could sing like he did on the album live but he can. he's one of the greatest singers EVER just behind Freddie Mercury and Bruce Dickinson. ALL HAIL THE METAL GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
knowing that he is gay should really mean something. him being gay, and being one of the best metal gods ever, shows that it doesn't matter your race, sex, or sexuality. if you are good at something, persue it, it surely paid of for him. LONG LIVE METAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Strange how Rob Halford has always struggled to perform this particular song live, but, Tim "Ripper" Owens can nail it completely. It's a fucking hard song right enough.
Yep, 1-2 hours concerts week and week out, no way any singers can sing perfectly in every single show. Bruce Dickinson alternate his vocal melody alot even during Maiden 80's concert , some of the high notes are just impossible to nail in concert because you're singing 10-20 songs and moving alot on stage.
I think Painkiller is one of this "so perfect" studio song which cannot be played live, I don't even understand why JP still plays it live... all the greatness of this song comes from its perfection, everything's perfect, the sound, the arrangements, the voice etc, and it doesn't fit with the "unperfect" conditions of a live show... this is a song one can only play when he's at his top...
TEEF is right, these guys brought and revolutionized many aspects of metal which even is in use today. They didnt create metal itself, but they pulled off so many aspects as well as created new aspects for the genre itself i.e. black skin tight leather, metal studs, popularizing double bass drumming, etc.
Halford does sound pretty rough, almost like he just pulled an all nighter then showed up for the show. Respectfully was and will always be the best vocals of metal, literally the METAL GOD!!
He isn't even close to the CD, pretty sad but after touring for a long time it takes it's toll. We're workin on a Priest-tribute right now. I'm the singer and I fix the notes like the original every time I'm in shape but it's a though song. However every time you sing it things get better. You train up certain praces and get muscle memory, bread at the right place and such. Very cool song to perform and also a challenge for the guitarists as well.
I call absolute double-dog bullshit when people say he can't perform this song today. Check out some of the 2009 Priest feast shows for proof. Sure he doesn't have the range he did in the 80's, but he still kicks everyone's ass.
I bet Bruce Dickinson has this one marked as one of his favourites :) (for the record: I absolutely love (can`t find a better word for it) both Rob and Bruce)
Em noite em que a principal atracão era o GNR, quem detonou mesmo foi o Judas e o Megadeth esses com músicas executadas de forma extremamente rápida. Só ver Take no Prisioners.
Yeah but like he's like the most energetic and the best frontman, always gets the crowd going and is also the best singer + he does fencing and flies planes! XD
Does anyone of you heard the other songs from that live?All guns blazing was performed in the concert and Rob's voice is PERFECT!So why he can't sing painkiller?I think that when "Painkiller" was recorded,he didn't sang the whole song and recorded it at the same time.He sang parts of the song and then there were sticked together.Also the producers put a lot of effect in his voice in the studio.If you take his voice from this live and put these special effects,you'll have a closer to studio voice
@motorkret I totally agree. Youngsters who know nothing about musical production need to realize a few things. 1) This is probably at least halfway through the show, so Rob has been screaming for a bit. 2) It's probably 100 degrees at night in Rio 3) No telling how or what with this was recorded with
Rob nailed the "pain, pain, killer, killer" part though. You can't deny that.
+Zack Hartley This leads me to believe the music is masking some of the frequencies of his voice and he isn't screwing up like people think. if you listen very carefully, the grit is there and it sounds pretty spot on.
considering how he's doing it, sounds like playback tbh.
@@ghostapostle7225 bruh
He massacred the whole song.
This in one the the hardest to sing live songs ever. Halford does a great job anyway keeping his voice so high. Thats why he is called THE Metal God !
Halford has always been changing the way he sings this song. I have never heard one version sounding like anyother. He does change every time he sings this. And that pleases me
1:39 sounds like my grandma is out of toilet paper again.
lol
At least the intro shout of his isn’t.
씨발 미친새끼 존나 웃기네ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Holy sh*t, that was awesome. I can't believe how tight that band was. Just incredible.
Man I can not imagine the hell rob halfords lungs must feel doing this song and a few others. Part of the reason rob is my favorite singer is because of how all the way he goes with the songs he dosnt miss one scream that was in the studio version.
When I heard this I thought the recorded version was completely auto tuned. But if you watch the Anaheim 2003 concert he nails this song perfectly so he's legit. I imagine this song is hard as hell to sing like that.
+Nick Pastorino : my words, dude my words!!
this shit is fucking hard to sing
+Linh Nguyen Because the recording studio can make anything possible!
MrZapparin Nope, he sounds like Elmo from Sesame Street.
MrZapparin Right
Linh Nguyen I've done this on vocal cover but never ever can be compared to Rob..after I'd sung it,I was like "I can't believe Rob done this" btw this song make who plays metal feel proud ;)
awesome one of the greatest priest songs
1991 Rock in Rio. I was there...awsome show...Judas, the loudest band of the festival...simply the best...Megadeth in second place were great too...
His voice sounds like Duck Donalds at this perfomance.
Djalma Beraldo Batista haahahahahahaahahah niceee :P
+Djalma Beraldo Batista aahahahhha yeah!
+Djalma Beraldo Batista Got to give him credit though. To call this song difficult to sing is an understatement.
Dude.....Its Donald Duck
none11ification, makes it that much finnier
I like the way how people are saying that this performance was a "fail"... seriously? I mean for christ sake, in 91 Halford was 40/41 years old, he's been screaming for a long time in his life with Priest both studio and live. So I would like to see you people bitchin about his voice, to try and do what he's done and still sound amazing at his age!
It doesn't makes sense for me to try and Sing like him because i never went onstage with the proposal of siging this song (and never will), but rob did that and failed, many times, if he can't Sing he shouldn't
Rob's voice is amazing.
Wow, this is incredible, this is music
la mejor banda de metal de la historia...
No hay mas (y)
I hope my neighbors like Judas Priest, because I've been blasting their songs all night.
This is amazing!!!!
I wil never forget this very moment!!!!!!!
Now watch any performance from 2015 on this current tour and he is fucking badass! Put's most of his performances of this song before this year to shame!
Daggerithian It's amazing how much better he sounds singing this song now than back then. Astounding considering his current age and difficulty of the track.
Am I the only one who likes this live performance???
No
Wall Rus Absolutely no, folks must understand this is heavy metal music style
Wall Rus I think his voice is really brutal
+Wall Rus I like this performance 'cause Rob makes me laugh so hard! He sounds like Elmo from Sesame Street, hahahahaha
+Anki Hansen or like donald the duck :D
Elmo possessed Rob.
You try doin almost 200 shows a year and see how ur voice holds up!
Judas Priest owns!! And btw I don't know how Halford has such a huge vocal range but it's amazing!
"You can't kill the metal! Metal will live on!" -Tenacious D
Lots of bands cancel their gigs as soon as the singer feels a little itch in the throat. That man right there is pure metal! He gave everything.
Don't do helium kids, otherwise you'll sound like rob here. Love this track originally though.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
your funny!! does sound like he hit on some balloon
This is a performance someone should be proud of.
I think the main problem with this performance is that they always play this song too late in the set, when Halford's voice is already tired; add to that the fact that he wasn't exactly in his prime when this took place (he was pushing 40 in 1991). If Priest would've played it among the first 5 songs of the set, then Halford would've been capable of doing a much better job. His 2003 live in Anaheim performance is clear proof of that.
Agreed. That was the reason they played Painkiller earlier part of their setlist at the latter tours. We could hear the deteriorating symptoms which could be clearly detected in other live performances such as The Sentinel where his voice sounds thin and a little bit vicious.
- From a shitless slave region of humanism being suffered under hoon-tribe-originated-parasitism and kiki'she' collectivism which is known as the name 'Korea', whose dwellers always steals and begs from Japan's original history which clearly inherited sincere humanity in Ancient Cudara more than its 'original' dwellers in hometown.
Agreed. Painkiller should've been the opener for this tour, and put Hell bent for leather towards the end of the setlist.
This guy must be insane! It was summer time in Rio! 40º celsius! Or more! And I saw him repeat that 10 year later in Rock In Rio III. It was even more insane, it was daytime, and he uses a full leather costume and sings like there is no tomorrow!
This song is really HARD to sign and he is still doing it after 20 years
I love this song !! Rob is very frightening here !!
Great powerful performance NO BODY can sing and scream like Rob Halford did.
perfect voice
Elmo is singing :3
What I find very interesting is that he says "I´m gonna sing 'the painkiller' and everybody in Brazil is supposed to know it. And in fact they know it!!! Awesome!
OKey :( back to the studio version song .now!
luis fabiani Ramos Pastrana no, better listen this song by DEATH
the 91 New York version is good
I just seen them 2 days ago, and Halfold sounds WAAAAY better now than he did on this.
he has such strong vocal cords, just amazing
This song is without question the most difficult one I have ever sung. True, Rob isn't in top form here, but then again, on this tour he was singing each night for 90 minutes straight, and he did it about 5 times a week for almost a year. JP is king!!!
rob halford master of metal vocals!!!
Unfortunately Robs voice was already deteriorating by this time he was born in 51 this is 91 so he's roughly around 40 at this time.Lets face it this is not like singing Frank Sinatra.. this is very taxing on the vocal chords and like Halford said his partying and sexual capades we're definitely doing him in you can tell how exhausted and out of breath he looks.. even though he's now up in his sixties under the right circumstances I think he can still sing quite well.. Ripper Owens is almost 50 and he can still do what Harvard was doing in his twenties and thirties still has the ability to hit and sustain the highest of notes. I think the Rippers lifestyle has helped preserve his voice
Some of his most recent live shows sound very good imo.
I mean.. For a 65 year old... He still rocks!
Matooley O'Brien....with the aid of improved equipment and technology, Robs voice live nowadays sounds better then his old performances
I'd have let him give me sexual capades ;)
lembro como se fosse hoje , na noite de heavy metal estava lá curtindo esse som!
andré poá
This is the heavy metal hymn
喉の調子が悪くてもキーとここ一番のシャウトは外さないメタル歌手の鑑
間違えた、神か
Rob sounds like a baby
I was there. Great performance!!!
1:40 lmao cannot stop laughing
aaaaaaaaaaaaaah
The great thing about Rob Halford is that he've managed to record the studio version which is unbelievably awesome .. So stop judging this live performance .. If he was a bad singer the song woldn't exist .. Halford's a legend in heavy metal and it's not you who will critisise his talent.
Parece Eric Cartman cantando
+Juan Pablo Orozco jajajaja me mataste xd
Haahahahahaa
😂😂😂😂
I love the last scream PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN!!!
The comments are the best. Hahaha!
rodrigueskorn exactly
Brasil e Heavy metal...tudo a ver!!!!!Judas rules!!!!
É uma pena o video não ter mais qualidade! Uma das melhores apresentações do Judas!
WOW when i first heard this song i did not think it sounded anything like Judas Priest and i never thought he could sing like he did on the album live but he can. he's one of the greatest singers EVER just behind Freddie Mercury and Bruce Dickinson.
ALL HAIL THE METAL GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like a baby..
haahhahahah, xD, his voice is terrible
sounds like spongebob :D
Yes, it really does.
да ладно вам! это тяжелая песня! он старается
This song is really HARD to sing and he is still doing it 20 years after.
I LAUGHED MY FUCKING ASS OFF AT THE VOCALS XDDDDDDD WTF FAAAAIL XD
Fu man! Rob is the best! No other singer has such a voice range!
At least Glenn nailed that solo.
knowing that he is gay should really mean something. him being gay, and being one of the best metal gods ever, shows that it doesn't matter your race, sex, or sexuality. if you are good at something, persue it, it surely paid of for him.
LONG LIVE METAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ouch, he really failed the singing in that live xD
I think same when i hear this live performance i love this band very much
KK killed it in a good way, Halford not so much. I seriously laughed and I love Priest. This was comically bad.
Strange how Rob Halford has always struggled to perform this particular song live, but, Tim "Ripper" Owens can nail it completely. It's a fucking hard song right enough.
baby voice
Got that right saw them in london and at download festival and he puts effort into his screams but thats what you want! Halford is the METAL GOD!
The Donald Duck Comments HAHAHAHHAHHAH
Eu estava lá...i was there this night!!!!!!!
Since when did Donald Duck sing for judas priest? 😂😂😂
A great band at the peak of their powers :)
he sounds like crap!!!!!!!!!! and I'm a huge fan
How someones voice sounds (in this kind of music) is based on so maaaaaaany things... and sometimes on tour... just all goes wrong.
Yep, 1-2 hours concerts week and week out, no way any singers can sing perfectly in every single show.
Bruce Dickinson alternate his vocal melody alot even during Maiden 80's concert , some of the high notes are just impossible to nail in concert because you're singing 10-20 songs and moving alot on stage.
I think Painkiller is one of this "so perfect" studio song which cannot be played live, I don't even understand why JP still plays it live... all the greatness of this song comes from its perfection, everything's perfect, the sound, the arrangements, the voice etc, and it doesn't fit with the "unperfect" conditions of a live show... this is a song one can only play when he's at his top...
kkkkkk Parece uma criança cantando!
Jhonatan Fernando vdd kkkkkk mas eu ri viu
TEEF is right, these guys brought and revolutionized many aspects of metal which even is in use today. They didnt create metal itself, but they pulled off so many aspects as well as created new aspects for the genre itself i.e. black skin tight leather, metal studs, popularizing double bass drumming, etc.
WTF was this lol
Rob is one of my favorite singers of all time but I just couldn't help but laugh at that vid.
This is a monster kick ass song!
It's a pity the sound quality isn't better, Halford sounds pretty good and does the song justice.
This is one of the hardest metal songs to sing. you got to give Rob some credit
Halford does sound pretty rough, almost like he just pulled an all nighter then showed up for the show. Respectfully was and will always be the best vocals of metal, literally the METAL GOD!!
My father was there ; )
I was there too, but this year, 2011 september 25th ; )
Metallica, Sepultura, Angra, Motorhead.
Without Priest, metal wouldn't be what it is. FASTER THAN A LASER BULLET, LOUDER THAN AN ATOM BOMB!!!!!
Rob, I don't give a fuck what these people say I thnk you're the best metal singer in the world!!! Judas Priest is great live!!!
He isn't even close to the CD, pretty sad but after touring for a long time it takes it's toll. We're workin on a Priest-tribute right now. I'm the singer and I fix the notes like the original every time I'm in shape but it's a though song. However every time you sing it things get better. You train up certain praces and get muscle memory, bread at the right place and such. Very cool song to perform and also a challenge for the guitarists as well.
Eu estive lá! foi FODAAA!
I call absolute double-dog bullshit when people say he can't perform this song today. Check out some of the 2009 Priest feast shows for proof. Sure he doesn't have the range he did in the 80's, but he still kicks everyone's ass.
I bet Bruce Dickinson has this one marked as one of his favourites :)
(for the record: I absolutely love (can`t find a better word for it) both Rob and Bruce)
fuck, I seriously can't get enough of this track.
very good...i was there this night!!!!!!!
That's why he's the Metal God
Ahh my youth. Loud metal, long hair, and not a care in the world :-)
judas priest = Talent. Plain and simple.
Em noite em que a principal atracão era o GNR, quem detonou mesmo foi o Judas e o Megadeth esses com músicas executadas de forma extremamente rápida. Só ver Take no Prisioners.
Scott Travis is AMAZING!!!!!!
Yeeah !!!
Will never get tired of it !!!
Yeah but like he's like the most energetic and the best frontman, always gets the crowd going and is also the best singer + he does fencing and flies planes! XD
lol, when priest wrote these lyrics I hope Rob knew he was gonna sing this song live lol, the song is hell for your endurance.
120 MIL FANS NESSA NOITE DE QUARTA FEIRA
Does anyone of you heard the other songs from that live?All guns blazing was performed in the concert and Rob's voice is PERFECT!So why he can't sing painkiller?I think that when "Painkiller" was recorded,he didn't sang the whole song and recorded it at the same time.He sang parts of the song and then there were sticked together.Also the producers put a lot of effect in his voice in the studio.If you take his voice from this live and put these special effects,you'll have a closer to studio voice
This rhythm guitar is aaaaaahhhh so killing tight!!!!
@motorkret I totally agree. Youngsters who know nothing about musical production need to realize a few things.
1) This is probably at least halfway through the show, so Rob has been screaming for a bit.
2) It's probably 100 degrees at night in Rio
3) No telling how or what with this was recorded with
man,i wish i were 15 years old tht time...
Dude, everyone's entitled to have a bad night. On the album his voice is absolutely terrifying (in a good sense)