Hardest Evanescence songs to sing?

[He-Ran]

Which songs are the most vocally-challenging for you? And which songs do you think are hard to sing in general?

For me it's The Only One (second verse especially), the chorus to MOS and Cloud Nine.

[emilieelegy]

When Amy goes very high in Sweet Sacrifice. Since my voice is a bit higher then Amy's when I sings, I tend to sing higher all the time, but still getting a note that makes a chord with her voice. But yeah, it's definitely the really high pitched parts in her vocal range that are harder for me - But I can still nail them at times!

[Deleted]

For me personally, Lithium is a huge challenge. I have to sing it in a higher key because the chorus is just too low for me to get a good sound on. I can hit the notes, but it's not the strongest part of my voice, so in the regular key I sound pretty bland on the song... But, because I raised the key the last chorus becomes quite high, not too high, but I occasionally miss the notes.

In general, I think Erase This takes the cake on the third album. End of the Dream often gets credit for being extraordinarily difficult, but that's only at first. After you get the hang of it the song can be incredibly easy, the same with Never Go Back. I think NGB and EotD have a steep prerequisite for singing, but if you meet that requirement you won't struggle with them nearly as much. ET, on the other hand, is a bit more accessible but requires much more focus with no restful sections... And depending on your tone, the 'dream' in ET will easily fuck you up more than the 'dream' in EotD.

On TOD, I find Good Enough to be challenging just because it requires a bit more finesse and subtlety than the others, but as far as just hitting the notes is concerned, it's not too bad. Like You is another one I sometimes have trouble with, but that's because I struggle more with singing softly than I do with belting high notes. I can't really say which song I think is the hardest on this album, though.

I've never thought of any of the songs on Fallen is challenging. Going Under is a bit of a pickle though, for some reason that song occasionally kills my voice.

[Lost Whispers]

Fallen: Going Under, My Last Breath
TOD: Sweet Sacrifice, The Only One, Lacrymosa
Ev3: Almost all of them... I can sing MHIB though.

[selby56]

I sound terrible when I sing, especially Evanescence. But singing along in the car with Amy is just way too much fun. ;D

[Himmelslicht]

I have the singing skills of a frog, so anything is hard for me to sing, specially Evanescence.

[AeternusAmatorius]

What You Want and End of the Dream, mostly. I think it's because of the way the vocals were mixed... But yeah.

Though today I'm having an especially hard time because my allergies are acting up so I'm all sinus-y and congested.

[elodieartour]

Let's see...

- End Of The Dream (If sung properly due to the lack of restful sections on its chorus.)
- My Heart Is Broken (Same thing here, including an overall lack of feel from my side as to how to perform that song properly for some reason... Or maybe it just doesn't fit my voice, period. Dunno.)
- Erase This (Tried it for the first time a while ago, and yes, I definitely gotta agree on it being hard!)
- Going Under (Not really difficult to sing but it has annoying too-low-for-my-voice-verses, accompanied by a drawn-out chorus.)
- Oceans (I love it and I can sing it well but it simply doesn't fit my voice.)
- Tourniquet (same reason)
- Weight Of The World (Its difficult part for me is the highest note only which I can still do right from time to time; it just requires a hell lot of efforts and energy from my side and it also sounds weird when I sing it, lol.)

That's about it. Frankly said, even though I'm not a professional singer, I don't often have difficulties singing Ev's repertoire. I guess it has to do with my soprano-like voice. (I can hit some pretty high notes.)

EDIT: I had almost forgotten about those two!

- Lithium (Its chorus is still unbearable for me to sing due to its lack of breaks.)
- Snow-White Queen (By this one, I mean the "haunted me" line which is, allegedly, the lowest note Amy has ever sung on a record.)

[jessicawhatsername]

Sweet Sacrifice is the biggest issue with me personally. since it's so high... i have the capability but it's too high for me, to sound relatively good and

[He-Ran]

Jan 10, 2013 16:27:05 GMT -6 elodieartour said:

- Snow-White Queen (By this one, I mean the "haunted me" line which is, allegedly, the lowest note Amy has ever sung on a record.)

I think there are lower studio notes than that, according to some YT videos.

[Kazlan]

I can reach Amy's low notes super easy, but because of that I can't reach her high notes. With the exception of the middle eight of Weight of the World, that's surprisingly within my ability to sing. So yeah, usually I don't have the opportunity to sing Evanescence songs out loud, but when I do I don't even really try. I know I'm going to fail or hurt my voice by straining it.

I can sing My Immortal on a good day when my voice is warmed up, and I can sing The Change in the shower. I often kind of whisper-sing Swimming Home and Secret Door while I'm doing the dishes, so I don't think that counts. It's way easier to hit higher notes when you're barely audible.

[KetyEv]

I can reach high and low notes even in Weight Of The world
But Cloud9 is real chalenge to me...that voice <3 I just cant do it that right but I dont have problems singing Ev songs...they are hard when I play piano and sing at same time LIP is easy but Lithium and Thoughtless are hard x)

[elodieartour]

Jan 14, 2013 5:53:27 GMT -6 He-Ran said:

Jan 10, 2013 16:27:05 GMT -6 elodieartour said:

- Snow-White Queen (By this one, I mean the "haunted me" line which is, allegedly, the lowest note Amy has ever sung on a record.)

I think there are lower studio notes than that, according to some YT videos.

Sure thing but which ones would those be then? Could you give me some specific examples?

[He-Ran]

Jan 14, 2013 14:40:47 GMT -6 elodieartour said:

Jan 14, 2013 5:53:27 GMT -6 He-Ran said:

I think there are lower studio notes than that, according to some YT videos.

Sure thing but which ones would those be then? Could you give me some specific examples?

The "haunted me" note is an F#3 if I'm not mistaken, and her lowest note is Eb3 in Cloud Nine (in the background of the whoa parts in the beginning). There's also the E3s in Haunted, GU and LC and F3 in LOO. There are "fried" B2s in MLB but I don't think they count.

[Kazlan]

Jan 15, 2013 0:35:48 GMT -6 He-Ran said:

The "haunted me" note is an F#3 if I'm not mistaken, and her lowest note is Eb3 in Cloud Nine (in the background of the whoa parts in the beginning). There's also the E3s in Haunted, GU and LC and F3 in LOO. There are "fried" B2s in MLB but I don't think they count.

Wait... what is LOO an acronym for?