Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
I have been poking around youtube, and am wondering (because I like it) if there is a name for the vocal quality that Pink and Janis Joplin and Amy Winehouse and every gospel singer out there share that sort of sounds like they are doubling themselves or singing chords or something. Is that a technique or just how they sound?
Pink singing trouble acoustically: [link]
Well, I don't think it's melisma.
I have heard that black gospel singing (which is what the other singers are copying to some degree) involves a combination of head voice and chest voice that's uncommon.
Maybe somebody who knew more about singing (Dana?) could shed some light.
I want to call it "soul", but I feel as though Joni Mitchell, whose voice (especially in her younger years) was clear like a bell has soul, but not whatever this quality is.
ETA: it is almost like a reed instrument vs a brass instrument, but I wouldn't call it reedy, because it seems thick rather than thin.
What are some good Neko Case albums? I have (in order of how much I like them):
I heard a track off the new one that was fantastic, tommy.
I love both Fox Confessor and Furnace Room, but I don't have anything else (yet).
I heard a track off the new one that was fantastic, tommy.
Middle Cyclone? Or is it newer and not on iTunes/eMusic yet?
It was something from Middle Cyclone, yeah.
I have a music hive mind question.
Back when I was in San Francisco, 1990ish, I saw a video by a Black group that was on a theme of always being a lady, but the visuals were images of famous women like Shirley Chisom, Bella Abzug, Betty Friedan, Geraldine Ferraro, etc.
I can't remember anything more, except it was really cool. Does anyone have a clue what this might have been? I was watching at someone else's place so I missed the titles. I don't even know what channel it was on.
Middle Cyclone is fantastic. One of my fave albums from last year. It's very similar to Fox Confessor in tone. It should be available in all the usual places.
If you're uncertain, I recommend downloading the first song off the album, "This Tornado Loves You." After that, I reckon you'd probably want to get the whole album.