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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> --- 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.
>
