I listened to both albums today on a flight home and also on the metrolink. Everyone is making a hot fuss about how dope Robin Thicke is and I give him his props, his album is enjoyable. However it is nowhere near as smooth and soulful as Remy Shand's album. Everyone is all enamored with this blue eyed soul bullshit, I just say its solid music, If you ask me whose better though, I would say Remy Shand all day, everyday, and twice on Sunday. What do you think!

karmatornado said:

Remy Shand is a terrible singer.

robin's stage prescense is humiliating..


- Never seen Remy Live..

But Didn't remy spend years in the studio to come out with that first album... He figured out alot of the studio tricks, but did not impress on the innovativeness...

Let's take it to the Stage.. as George Clinton would say..

Stop trying to avoid it.
Lewis Taylor rules this "category".


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

Stop trying to avoid it.
Lewis Taylor rules this "category".


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

Most of the times blue-eyed soul singers use to force their vocals to sound "black", and they mostly fail miserabily. Too much melisma, nasal vocals and terrible attempts to imitate african american accent.

White singers don't sound natural when it comes to soul music.

krayzie said:

Apparently she didn't get that memo:

MuthaFunka said:

Nope, that's why she's an exception that confirms that memo

Stop trying to avoid it.
Lewis Taylor rules this "category".


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

krayzie said:

Then you should say "SOME" or "MOST" because you just said white singers period couldn't sing like blacks.

Then you have Boz Scaggs. Joss Stone. Christina Aguilera. The memo should actually be trashed.

krayzie said:

Apparently she didn't get that memo:

krayzie said:

Then you should say "SOME" or "MOST" because you just said white singers period couldn't sing like blacks.

MuthaFunka said:

Loot at my original post : Most of the times blue-eyed soul singers use to force their vocals to sound "black", and they mostly fail miserabily. Too much melisma, nasal vocals and terrible attempts to imitate african american accent.

Your Boz Scaggs, christina Aguilera, Joss Stone are exatcly what I was saying, they force their vocals to sound "black", and they over use poor melisma, and always try to imitate the african american accent.

Teena Marie is the only one acceptable. She's an exeption. Period

My memo is on point.

That's why I never listen to blue eyed soul singers.
[Edited 7/8/07 8:34am]

Most of the times blue-eyed soul singers use to force their vocals to sound "black", and they mostly fail miserabily. Too much melisma, nasal vocals and terrible attempts to imitate african american accent.

White singers don't sound natural when it comes to soul music.

krayzie said:

That is the Most Ignorant shit i've ever heard in my entire life

theAudience said:

My thoughts exactly!
/peace Manki

manki said:

Ndeed! Though even if he did come back, Taylor can't really be pigeonholed like those guys, so I doubt he'd get quite the commercial acceptance...

At his New York show, Lewis effortlessly shifted through so many genres--- Soul and Funk, Progressive Rock, Power pop, Fusion -- sometimes in the same tune, lol! As well as his own music, he inserted tunes by The Edgar Winter Group, Funkadelic, Yes, Todd Rundgren, Marvin Gaye, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Mahavishnu, !!! That's a bit too wide a range for your average young Pop/R&B fan, and not something you can just slap a "Blue-Eyed Soul" label on...But the Die-hard fans (and all the fellow musicians) in the audience were just grinning and nodding their heads...






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karmatornado said:

Remy Shand is a terrible singer.

MuthaFunka said:

Loot at my original post : Most of the times blue-eyed soul singers use to force their vocals to sound "black", and they mostly fail miserabily. Too much melisma, nasal vocals and terrible attempts to imitate african american accent.



Your Boz Scaggs, christina Aguilera, Joss Stone are exatcly what I was saying, they force their vocals to sound "black", and they over use poor melisma, and always try to imitate the african american accent.

Teena Marie is the only one acceptable. She's an exeption. Period

My memo is on point.

That's why I never listen to blue eyed soul singers.
[Edited 7/8/07 8:34am]

krayzie said:

What would you say about Lisa Stansfield? just wonderin

Krayzie, it's statements like yours that give fuel to the wrong kind of vibe.

You're stating an opinion, and you're more than entitled to it.

But, swap out a few words and flip it, and someone could just as forcefully say:

"Their unfamiliarity with classical music and real jazz theory leaves most black guitarists incapable of showing any real mastery of their instrument."



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[Edited 7/8/07 14:08pm]