tylermunns anyone who can't sing quite as well as KD Lang, Julie London, Dianna Krall, Sade and of course many more could be subject to that observation by some but not all. You have to understand that this is my personal observations and not anyone elses so it would be understandable that you can't relate to it. I am older and as a music lover my taste have matured.... when you are young you gravitate towards Rock or pop (I still like both) but when you get older like me your taste will probably lean towards Jazz singers which mine has. The purity of some voices with wonderful background music will take you to a higher plane of enjoyment.
What I really hate about some music
When I listen to music, there are four things that I really bothers me and was wondering if there are others who feel the same way about songs just as strongly as I do. I don't like feeling this way but when I hear these things, I just want to turn the music off and I'm not sure why the song writer doesn't realize he probably has a dud and not a hit. Here they are:
1. When a song writer finds a catchy phrase and the singer repeats the line three times in a row and then a stanza later, here it comes again repeated all three times and this just keeps going on and on.
2. Very similar to the above, a writer writes a real good line of music and then makes the whole song a repeat or variation of this line of music and has no imagination to add a little something in-between.
3. Singers who can't really sing well and think they can but get such really great score of music behind them that if a really good singer sang the song it would be wonderful to listen to. Please understand that carrying a tune to me doesn't make a good singer and I'm not talking about karoke singers here either.
4. Rhyming in a melody.... Please you can predict what the next line of the song is going to be before it is sang because it rhymes with the last line just sang...
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After posting the above I want you to understand that I'm not one dimensional and music by Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons, Cowboy Junkies, 70's music, Smashing Pumpkins Revolution (no I'm not a revolutionary), Jimi Hendrix, Chris Isaak, and many more are all the things I enjoy. Anything that is enjoyable to listen too and doesn't make you want to drive off a cliff when you hear it. |
Hi Frank - I think you will find that most of the responders here are in the same age range, give or take, as yourself. So, no surprise that anyone's tastes, myself included, may have changed or matured over the last 50 or 60 years. I own a lot (and I mean a lot) of recorded music and what I have found with my own listening is that if the music catches me, I may not notice the lyrics until after several listens or if I force myself to read a lyric sheet. Music does have to grab me though. As for repeated phrases, if I like the music it doesn't bother me, if I don't like the music, then it becomes another reason to dislike it. Your third point quite frankly makes me go ... 'meh.' So, a better singer might do a better job of a song, than a not so good singer. Just that the not so good singer may have a bigger ego or higher estimation of their singing abilities or better production. Like American Idol's practice of the top two season finalists singing the same song (A Moment Like This) and you wonder why anyone would vote for Justin Guarini over Kelly Clarkson? How long did that last? Admittedly, I don't like lazy songwriting. I like clever wordplay ('How Can I Be Sure'). Creative is good too ('Don't Think Twice, It's Alright' comes to mind, then again most anything by Dylan). Doesn't always have to make intuitive sense to be good ('While My Guitar Gently Weeps'). Can be fun ('All That Meat and No Potatoes'). I do tire of songs that don't tell a good story or make a point or make my head hurt (anything that J Lo sings, has ever sung, our ever will sing). Could be they just don't write them like they used to. Or as Popeye might say ... I know what I can stand and I can't stands no more. Life is too short. What do I know anyways? Rich
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@rar1 - "That's alls I can stands and I can't stands no more!".... 😁 |
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