10 Rock Songs That Are A Nightmare To Sing
8. Kiss - Prince
For all the great sounds you can produce with your voice, falsetto really gets the raw end of the deal. As much as the higher pitches sound good when being belted out, a lot of people tend to see this higher register as being reserved for the sappier material in any artists' catalog. Or if you're Prince, just use it to carry the whole damn song if you need to.
Though the Purple One's music always verged on the side of sexy, Kiss is probably the most restless sounding song in his catalog, as he flaunts his powerful upper register without a care in the world. Although there isn't much to the actual notes he's hitting, the power comes when you try to sustain this kind of style for the entire track.
While many vocalists tend to have their signature bag of tricks when it comes to falsetto, it tends to cater to one specific part of the song rather than being carried out for 3 minutes. Even if you've warmed up your voice to something like this, Prince still throws curveballs by throwing in his chaotic ad libs, which tend to be a lot more chaotic than your average pop rock runs. It might seem off the cuff, but there's a fine line between this kind of ear-gasmic singing and complete incompetence if you don't do it carefully.