Bobby said that at the beginning of the song? I thought that was someone else.

filmnoirdame said:

I wasn't writing him off at all, please don't get me wrong. Like I said, I dug Degarge's shit.

It's all good.

El is a great falsetto singer, don't get me wrong. But can he master that end part of "Love 2 the 9's" or "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"? Or can he even master all the vocals on that "Second Coming" intro that Prince had on the "Controversy" tour? I don't know. That's a pretty tough act to follow. So I'm gonna give this one to my purple hero.

I think El could. The big question is could he hit all the notes in "Adore".

I read that Bobby had a 4 octave range and that he definitely was not a counter tenor

scriptgirl said:

Neither El or Bobby is a countertenor

Just tenors, right? Are you a vocal coach, Funkenstein?

filmnoirdame said:

Yea, El is a tenor.
And no, I'm not a vocal coach
I've just looked into that stuff as a hobby of sorts. In addition to that, I have many friends who are skilled classical singers (opera), and I occasionally have discussions with them about these kinds of things
I also have a deep passion for late 60's and early 70's male soul vocal groups.
So overall, I'm very interested in the subject at hand

I am by no means an expert on the matter, though
[Edited 10/1/08 23:56pm]

filmnoirdame said:

I doubt it.

I bet Bobby could have

filmnoirdame said:

Could he hit all the notes in Insatiable/The Most Beautiful Girl In The World? I agree with you 200%

Are you talking Bobby or El?

I heard a song called "another chance" where El sings in his lower register and I am not for it, but it could be that he is trying out of his comfort. But still, the man still has the goods. Amazing that coke use did not fuck up his piped

scriptgirl said:

Impressive, huh?

It is, but as my gran would say, God gives everyone something and El's voice is his something.

el has a beautiful falsetto i would say almost angelic. prince has a very sassy sometimes gospel like falsetto. lets not for forget cameo's wayne cooper whom I beleive had a better falseyyo than anyone

daingermouz2020 said:

Even Phillip Bailey?

EL is better than Phillip Bailey

filmnoirdame said:

Mmkay...

filmnoirdame said:

Timmy84 said:

Drugs are really bad.

filmnoirdame said:

What about Harry Ray, Billy Brown, Ted Mills, William Hart, Russell Thompkins Jr., Dwight Dukes, Freddie Kelly, Jimmy Briscoe, Leroy Burgess, Emanuel 'E.J' Johnson, Johnny Carter, Ron Banks, Eddie Kendricks, Glenn Leonard, Ron Tyson, G.C. Cameron, Ralph Johnson, Phil Perry, Chris James, Prince Phillip Mitchell, Skip Mahoney, Terry Huff, Jasper 'Jabbo' Phillips, Timothy Wilson, Sam 'Little Sonny' Brown, Ronnie Preyer and Garnet Jones (etc etc etc)?

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Amen!

Timmy84 said:

Sorry, don't know who half of those people are.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

I wouldn't even go there funk. I know Phillip could easily cover any song that El has recorded. Can El do the same with a Phillip tune? Can he lead a sax like Phillip did in Reasons? Can El ad lib like Phillip did at the end of "I'll Write A Song For You"? I could go on and on but I won't, I'll just laugh. I do like El's voice, but he's not even better than Prince in the falsetto department, how could anyone compare him to the all time greats?

filmnoirdame said:

Check out my falsetto appreciation thread, I posted some clips by some of the folks I listed

http://prince.org/msg/8/284455

will do

Can women sing falsetto?