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[music, artists] Wednesday, 14. May 2003, 23:59 Not too male male voices It is a strange phenomenon but I tend to change my appreciation of high, close to falsetto male voices in pop music over time. There are voices I used to dislike or even hate like Neil Young or Thom Yorke which I love now. When I first heard Neil Young around 1975 (I was 12) I felt that he was a puff, a wimp. His voice is probably the least masculine in rock. I rediscovered him around 1987 when my first girl-friend left me. And I instantly fell in love with him on second sights on After the Goldrush. A consolation by someone who had experienced a similar loss. I am not sure if Radiohead's Thom Yorke did change his voice from Amnesiac on. Before I could not take his whining which made me think of a squealing mouse. Abominable. But now I have really come to appreciate the intensity and purity in it. There is a despair in his voice which touches me and makes me shiver. On the other hand there are voices I used to like or even love which I cannot take anymore. Which I have got allergic to. The only one I can think of right now is Damon Albarn from Blur. I liked the cheekiness and Britishness in his singing on the first two albums. But now I find his style stilted. His voice has not evolved or it evolved in a direction I dislike. Maybe it is just that my ears were overexposed to his singing whereas in comparison I still have listened to much less Radiohead than Blur. I don't know. But I doubt that I will get Think Tank after the excerpts I listened to. And this is not because of the missing guitar, I swear.
grahamp3,
Friday, 16. May 2003, 00:19
whiny old Neil
YES! I was inspired to do a "When I first heard Neil Young around 1977" tribute-response to this on Wisdom Goof.
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bradsucks,
Saturday, 17. May 2003, 22:35
Voices
As a fella with a low-ish voice I have always loved and been envious of a lot of high-voiced male singers. Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction for one, Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins, Thom Yorke, etc.
Usually 60% of the time when I express my love for their voices, someone around tells me they absolutely can't stand their whiny wussy voices. ... link ... comment
alex63,
Friday, 23. May 2003, 07:58
Damon Albarn's voice
on the new Blur album Think Tank also incites opposite reactions to mine. Kilian from Zelic writes here:
African music flourishes mix nicely with relaxed rhythms, but it's Damon's voice that's frequently the highlight. Surprising, as he's never been a singer of any great merit, but he's achieved a richness here that only comes with age. On "Out of Time" (their best single for some time), he positively glows.
On the other hand he likes Coldplay...
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del,
Sunday, 25. May 2003, 15:29
plus: the flaming lips' wayne goyle also pushes his organ to a high-end, sometimes too far. noone singing wrong moves me more. and not to forget jonathan donahue from mercury rev. but these two bands are interrelated anyway.
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