Bowie edges Prince.

EroticDreamer said:

Bowie edges Prince.

at what?

EroticDreamer said:

Bowie edges Prince.

not at singing he don't

Guitarhero said:

EroticDreamer said:

Bowie edges Prince.

Bowie is more style than actual singer to me

purpleshadow said:

RJOrion said:

EroticDreamer said:

Bowie edges Prince.

at what?

Songwriting.

Saxaphone.

purpleshadow said:

he can sing Rock, Funk, pop, rnb..as we all know

who else can do that?

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The songs may be classed as pop or rnb but you can't class the vocals as such.

If you listen to Prince sing you actually find he is quite limited and actually sounds very much the same on all of his tracks.

He certainly has his own style and his own sound, but that is it. Nothing more, nothing less.

KingSausage said:

NorthC said:

If only once I could come to this forum and not read about Michael Jackson all the time...

D'Angelo is better than MJ.

Bowies voice is incredible.

and when Bowie speaks I am truly amazed...... his voice sounds soooo good.

Try this spoken intro....





^ a very underrated album, its an amazing album (1987) great pop music imho..

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EroticDreamer said:

RJOrion said:

at what?

Songwriting.

Saxaphone.

i thought this was about singing though?

Bowie and Prince are similar vocally, in a WAY. They're not usually called the greatest vocalists of all time in the league of Whitney Houston or George Michael, but they have very wide ranges that people would kill to have. My

NorthC said:

See? Everybody is just mentioning their own favorite singers. This could have been an interesting discussion, but it's going nowhere.

CharismaDove said:

NorthC said:

See? Everybody is just mentioning their own favorite singers. This could have been an interesting discussion, but it's going nowhere.

or some people have listened to the singers they listed a lot more than others on here and are bringing some perspective to the conversation, thus enhancing it. You can either look into why they listed the person they did or stick to what could very well be faulty preconceived notations about those singers.

For instance, I brought up Barry Gibb in this thread, he's only one of the most successful singer/songwriter/producers of all time in a carrer that spans 6 decades and includes disco/R&B/soul/pop/country/rock/folk rock. As a songwriter, only Lennon/McCartney have written more Billboard hit 100 #1 songs than his 16. As a singer, he has performed every style of music I just listed and more.

George Martin produced the Bee Gees for the Sgt Pepper movie. In making the album, he asked Barry Gibb to keep singing the same part of one song. He didn't tell Barry waht he was doing, but he was recording multiple tracks to make it sound like there were multiple singers like Prince does on songs like 7, only Barry's voice was so perfectly on key it didn't work until after he told Barry what he was trying to do. Barry thought they were just redoing the one vocal and was nailing it every time.

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KingSausage said:

purpleshadow said:

Bowie is more style than actual singer to me

Have you hear his version of Wild is the Wind?

And I Would Be Your Slave from Heathen.

That's Bowie's Anna Stesia.

Among singers I have heard of, I would say he definitely is...most versatile, sure...but still I can't seem to find my favorite voice in the wide range. I think most of the time I almost don't even care about the vocal devliery anyway. kind of ironic...

EroticDreamer said:

KingSausage said:

EroticDreamer said:

And I Would Be Your Slave from Heathen.

That's Bowie's Anna Stesia.

His version of Brecht's Remembering Marie A. Who Can I Be Now. This Is Not America. The 1970 version of The Prettiest Star. Scream Like a Baby. I could go on and on and on. The notion that Bowie isn't a versatile singer or just sounds like a poltergeist (WTF...no offense, RJOrion!) is so false.

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Indeed.

I dare anyone to listen to Bowie's It's Gonna Be Me and not hear/feel the same greatness and vulnerability as Prince's Another Lonely Christmas.

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https://www.youtube.com/w...0b13z-AamY

why does every discussion have to be comparitive??

luvsexy4all said:

luvsexy4all said:

RJOrion said:

1 listen 2 "Solo" will answer that question.

KingSausage said:

EroticDreamer said:

And I Would Be Your Slave from Heathen.

That's Bowie's Anna Stesia.

His version of Brecht's Remembering Marie A. Who Can I Be Now. This Is Not America. The 1970 version of The Prettiest Star. Scream Like a Baby. I could go on and on and on. The notion that Bowie isn't a versatile singer or just sounds like a poltergeist (WTF...no offense, RJOrion!) is so false.

Yesterday I bought the 12 CD set 'Five Years' and it has that version on it.

First time I'm hearing it

EroticDreamer said:

He is not the most versatile singer ever.

KingSausage said:

EroticDreamer said:

Yesterday I bought the 12 CD set 'Five Years' and it has that version on it.

First time I'm hearing it

I love that version. How's that box set? I'm tempted by it despite the fact that it has only one song that would be new for me.

I have at least half the content already but I don't know how much of my stuff are the most recent remasters.

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The 1st review on Amazon (there are currently 5) is what convinced me to buy it and that reviewer gives a much better review than I ever could regarding the technical aspects.

It's Bowie so I had to have it and there's a 100+ page book included.

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I owe you thanks because earlier in this thread you mentioned the song It's Gonna Be Me.

So I searched for it on youtube and it was included on the re-release of Young Americans and my CD is only the original and doesn't have that track.

So I bought the digital version of YA and listened to IGBM dozens of times since.