I would have to disagree, you don't need to own everyone of an artist's albums in order to know how they can sing ,not now thanks to internet radio, i tunes, and sites like youtube. But either way ,I have listened to both singers and I do not hear any evidence that Hyde has a broader vocal range.
Listen to Gackts songs like Ares,Kimi no koto dekiru,U+K, the mandarin version of Gatsu no love song and even just the beggining of Illness Illusion. These songs are all sung within a high range. Next compare them to Mirror and Oasis he sings these both lower than the previously mentioned songs but Vanilla ,Cube ,Fragrance ,Emu for my dears are all sung ,yet even lower than those song.
Then there is Hyde's singing within both his and L'arc en ciel's albums ,he does admitedlly hit some high notes within a song, such as in Jesus Christ ,Seasons Call , and Evergreen. But he never sings the whole song in falsetto or even within a slightly higher range. His voice remains static only momentarily grasping higher and lower notes ,where as Gackt not only hits higher and lower notes but sings sections and entire songs within a multitude of different ranges. When I first started listening to Gackt I could hardly tell it was the same man singing in some of his songs. I have never experienced this phenomenon with Hyde.
I love that song!! That was the first song i heard too!!!The first song I heard by him is "4th Avenue" and for the sake of politeness I will not describe my feelings for that song.
I think you've misunderstood me. The Hyde songs I listed where some not all of the songs I've heard by Hyde,I've listened to "Neo Universe" and "Anemone" and many others like them; I stand by initial statement. And like I said before my first expeirence with Hyde was not with the Faith album in fact I like his singing from that album more than any singing I've heard from him previously.The first song I heard by him is "4th Avenue" and for the sake of politeness I will not describe my feelings for that song.
I have heard other Hyde music. Faith was his first album I bought. Before you start jumping down my throat, I didn't say I disliked him, I just felt that Gackt singing was clearer and I did say "SEEMS to have". Please read more carefully before making rash judgements.No. After just listening to "Faith" you don't really have the right to make a fair judgement yet. How many albums of Gackt have you heard? How many L'Arc or HYDE albums? Just one?
I didn't know that either of them smoked. In some cases it doesn't really affect a singers voice and in others it does *shrugs*All the talk about how hyde's voice has suffered from his smoking isn't really fair either. Gackt also smokes. hyde's nearing his 40s and a male's vocal cords go through their second dramatic change (since puberty) at that time. Smoking may affected his breathing somewhat but mostly I believe it's just a biological change.
How many times do you judge someone by just hearing one or two songs from the radio or MTV? Everyone does it. Such conversations as "I don't like her/him" based on their chart releases. Listening to them on the radio are there to make you decide to buy their albums or not.I dunno. But dont go about judging people just from one album ok? What would you think if I picked up an old Malice Mizer album and said "Oh, so this is what Gackt is like."
I voted for Hyde, But only because I assumed everyone would vote for Gackt and I like helping the underdog. Boy was I wrong.
Anyways If I could redo my vote I'd vote for both of them, they both have great voices.