Post by audrey potnoodlehorne on Oct 1, 2004 3:53:23 GMT -5
Rather than a specific individual (although there are numerous easily identifiable offenders) I am nominating the highly tiresome behaviour of “souling”: i.e. the kind of vocalizing that at one time, someone like Al Green MIGHT have indulged in right at the end of a song if he was feeling particularly high spirited that day.
It’s becoming compulsory pop behaviour and contrary to what the perpetrators might think, it is not evidence of a good voice, even I can “soul” but I can’t sing.
Christina, Beyonce, et al perhaps just one you could sing a live version of one of your songs and actually sing the lyrics rather than just WOOOOAAAAAAHHH all over the top of it.
And Joss Stone is just taking the piss. Fell In Love With A Boy has to be the most ridiculous vocal performance ever recorded. There is a slim possibility that she’s some kind of postmodern ironic genius, pastiching all over us, but even so, it’s out of order.
It’s becoming compulsory pop behaviour and contrary to what the perpetrators might think, it is not evidence of a good voice, even I can “soul” but I can’t sing.
Christina, Beyonce, et al perhaps just one you could sing a live version of one of your songs and actually sing the lyrics rather than just WOOOOAAAAAAHHH all over the top of it.
And Joss Stone is just taking the piss. Fell In Love With A Boy has to be the most ridiculous vocal performance ever recorded. There is a slim possibility that she’s some kind of postmodern ironic genius, pastiching all over us, but even so, it’s out of order.
