--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: > > <snip> > "W.r.t. Lady Gaga, I just don't think there is all > that much there there. Take away the visuals and > leave only the music and I've heard better singers > at Holiday Inns. Sorry, but it's true." > > True for you...in your subjective experience.
That's all I'm liable for. :-) The whole point of debating different musical tastes is a bit of a circle jerk. We love what resonates with us. End of story. WHY it resonates with us is something we can rarely, if ever, put into words. > I quite enjoy her voice...id'd as a mezzo-soprano. > Perhaps this is more to your liking? > > Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - a baritone and "one of > the supreme vocal artists of the 20th century" > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyxMMg6bxrg&feature=related Thanks for the thought, and I do appreciate it, but at the same time I plead ignorance when it comes to operatic or "trained" voices. I'm more a fan of "naturally-evolved" voices, in which the artist came to their own way of expressing themselves vocally. Janis Joplin voices, strained (in her case) through a veil of Southern Comfort. "Lived in" voices, voices that could never in a million years be accused of being "trained," or classical. Think the four guys who sang about being Highwaymen in the clip posted earlier on this forum. Case in point: Mark Knopfler. I mentioned him earlier, because I found myself surfing YouTube, finding one of his tracks, and then clicking on related links for some time, digging every minute of it. Mark doesn't actually think very much of himself as a vocalist. And by classical standards, he couldn't be more correct. He resisted for many years pressure to become the lead vocalist for Dire Straits. But I think since then he's more than "grown into his own voice," to the point that there is really no one on planet Earth who sounds like him. He is really and truly unique, whether it comes down to his vocals or his equally unique guitar style. Sorry if this is a comedown for you from Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, but I really plead guilty to preferring Mark Knopfler. Presented as further anecdotal evidence that the guy lived interesting past lives, and possibly remembers them: A Night In Summer Long Ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4hzg2oTRI4 Golden Heart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO_KA9EHJA0 :-) > >________________________________ > > From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > >Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 11:29 PM > >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: For Fanboy Robin > > > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stanley@> > >wrote: > >> > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > >> > > >> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > >> > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > Link works, but I remain completely baffled by the whole > >> > > Lady Gaga phenomenon. To me, that was just a half-naked > >> > > woman screaming into a microphone while other musicians > >> > > play random noises. > >> > > >> > Thank you for this, Alex. I was beginning to fear > >> > that standards here had reached a new low. People > >> > are such suckers for a little cheap flash. > >> > >> I'm more a sucker for a good dance beat and a catchy > >> melody. > > > >Exactly. I have nothing against Lady Gaga per se, > >but if I had ever heard a single song of hers on > >the radio, with no "special visual effects," I > >would never have paid the least bit of attention > >to it. Modern-day elevator music. > > > >I don't blame her for this; I blame MTV. They took > >the music out of the music industry by relating it > >in most people's minds with the visuals. Either a > >band or a singer dancing around and acting like > >drama queens onstage or a series of non-related > >visual images chosen for their impact, and rarely > >a thought to the music itself. > > > >W.r.t. Lady Gaga, I just don't think there is all > >that much there there. Take away the visuals and > >leave only the music and I've heard better singers > >at Holiday Inns. Sorry, but it's true.
