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Great Songs -- Sketchy Vocals
Piggy-backing off an earlier post, how about songs that are pretty cool that suffer from questionable vocals... I know often Prince is attempting to humorous but sometimes he kills a song because of it. My tops:
Do U Lie Condition of the Heart P Control (specifically the falsetto in the chorus)
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You're nuts. Do U Lie? and Condition of the Heart are friggin' great from top to bottom.
You wanna talk sketchy vocals - let's talk about the vocal version of God. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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God-vocal version
The Max
My Name Is Prince
Whole Lotta Love
All The Midnights In The World
Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic
Everybody Loves Me
"Climb in my fur." | |
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Tricky please slap the wave out alphachannels head
Movie Star-please slap alphachannel into the middle of next week "Climb in my fur." | |
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Rave Circle of Amour I Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore | |
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Animal Kingdom "Climb in my fur." | |
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I love the vocals on Animal Kingdom. It's the boneheaded lyrics I could do without. | |
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The Undertaker version of Honky Tonk Women is...just... We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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What's that one with, "of all the things a brotha had to pitcha, I see him doin' things witcha"? One of Your Tears? Bleargh. |
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It's almost the opposite for me. I dont mind the song or lyrics but that nasal whine..oh my damn. I want him to be so damn quiet. "Climb in my fur." | |
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I adore all of the three songs you listed mainly because of the vocals. I think sketchy, quirky, almost obtrusive vocals are part of Prince's signature sound.
The only one I don't like because of the vocal weirdness is Everybody Loves Me. I get why he did it, but it's just too much for my ears. |
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all the midnights in the world resolution [Edited 3/30/12 9:22am] |
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I love the singing on "Do U Lie?" and "Rave"; and I think "Animal Kingdom" is a terrible song in every way - music, lyrics and vocals.. | |
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Looks like I really kicked a hornet's nest with my choices!
I guess I'm not a fan of the way he used his falsetto on Condition -- I think I would have liked it more if he'd sung it more in the vein of Empty Room. Instead it reminds me of the over-the-top vocals of Strays of the World or 3 Chains.
Do U Lie feels like a parody. Cool little song but it doesn't sound like he's taking it too seriously
As for the AHHHHHH! Pussay Controwal chorus, I guess it's just me that thinks it's a wee bit out of place...
All just one guy's humble opinion -- no slaps from Tricky needed
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The Pussy Control falsetto is supposed to be funny. My art book: http://www.lulu.com/spotl...ecomicskid
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Well, if it makes you feel any better, I kinda agree on "P. Control".. it doesn't bother me much because I like the rest of the song, but I don't like that part.. | |
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Cloreen Bacon Skin... I've Never heard The whole Song | |
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Yeah, but that's why we stay in the game of life w/Prince. Prince's Sarah | |
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This always reminded me of a Billy Corgan/Smashing Pumpkins impression, or more specifically , Stephen Lynch's 'What If the guy from the Smashing Pumpkins Lost His Car Keys'.. (Used to be on O&A 10 or so years ago, pretty easy to find on youtube too..)
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I know someone said it already up higher, and I should've quoted them, but i just kept scrolling and now i'm here... I can make you H.A.P.P.Y |
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