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Post by rihannsu on Feb 19, 2011 15:29:34 GMT -5
Cassie I remember thinking during the FS WLL that some of the runs and riffs that he did were like whale song. There is something incredibly emotional and moving about whale song and there were moments during that performance especially that took me back to the first time I heard whale song. Do you hear that similarity and is there some particular quality to what he is doing that invites that comparison? Okay, this is one of the more out of the box comparisons I have read on this forum. Whale song??? Reallly???  Damn!! You are RIGHT! Adam sings whale song! I can hear the resemblance strongly in 2:15 to about 3"45. He does not sing a melody or an extended phrase or lyrics. It is just a series of short notes and lines, almost random, up in his mid register, back in his low register, swooping up to notes, swirling around the notes, swooping back down. Even the little almost grunt to start the note which sounds like the little mini explosion of breath/note of the whales. Add to that the substantial reverb of the mic and it sounds like the whale song echoing in the water. Haven't heard whale song? An other worldly experience. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WabT1L-nN-EAnd an other worldly song from Judy Collins using whale song as accompaniment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV29xK2xyZ4 ;D ;D ;D Always nice to know that I'm not totally delusional. I was a major sucker for Jacques Cousteau specials growing up and have a major love affair for Star Trek IV for the whale song and the humor. I bet Adam spent a good bit of time at Sea World having grown up in San Diego and I wonder if he has an affinity for whale song. I think if Adam has a mating call FS WLL has got to be it. A sexy as many of the others have been there was something extra in that one for sure. |
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Post by lynne on Feb 20, 2011 8:51:41 GMT -5
Since it seems i can post here something for AI now that we dont have a special thread for this i would like to share my favorite contestant. I also said this back at ATOP when i first listened to his audition where he celebrated with a melodica his 3 yes's.I said he is my fav from all this season. I dont know if they got him through i havent watched this episode yet, please dont tell me if he made it or not.I dont know if he has the perfect voice or the perfect pitch but i got chills all over my body with his audition and today with this interpretation i'm blown away. You see to me not always is about the perfect voice it's what he can make me feel. Are y'all trying to convince me that Idol is worth watching this season? Another impressive performance. There are many vocal styles in music that I enjoy. This guy did some NICE bluesy jazz stylin'. His is not a classically trained voice --- doesn't have to be for the music he is doing. He has a great feel for jazz at age 19. And I was seriously impressed with his bass playing. Again, I don't know if he can cross genres, but from what I have heard about some of the changes they are making this season, there may be less of that, allowing contestants to stay with the style that suits them best. Damn! I may have to set my DVR for Idol again. |
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Post by lynne on Feb 20, 2011 9:16:55 GMT -5
Since it seems i can post here something for AI now that we dont have a special thread for this i would like to share my favorite contestant. I also said this back at ATOP when i first listened to his audition where he celebrated with a melodica his 3 yes's.I said he is my fav from all this season. I dont know if they got him through i havent watched this episode yet, please dont tell me if he made it or not.I dont know if he has the perfect voice or the perfect pitch but i got chills all over my body with his audition and today with this interpretation i'm blown away. You see to me not always is about the perfect voice it's what he can make me feel. Are y'all trying to convince me that Idol is worth watching this season? Another impressive performance. There are many vocal styles in music that I enjoy. This guy did some NICE bluesy jazz stylin'. His is not a classically trained voice --- doesn't have to be for the music he is doing. He has a great feel for jazz at age 19. And I was seriously impressed with his bass playing. Again, I don't know if he can cross genres, but from what I have heard about some of the changes they are making this season, there may be less of that, allowing contestants to stay with the style that suits them best. Damn! I may have to set my DVR for Idol again. There are some pretty good contestants this year if they put the best ones through. Last season the show was terrible, and I stopped watching ( except for Adam's nights, of course.) This year, so far, is a lot better. I may watch it if the right top 12 go through. It is strange. Watching Idol has become bittersweet for me. It makes me miss Adam... kind of like looking at photos of good times gone by. It was so fun getting to hear Adam sing every week on TV, and then getting to hear him almost every night on bad cell casts and later videos for the whole AI tour, and then for GNT. Some of these kids are good, and I appreciate their talent, but a part of me is just reminded that I MISS SEEING ADAM SING LIVE. Sorry to shout, but I feel a little bit better now, LOL. Thanks. Love your insights, Cassie. I come from a very musical family, although the real talent there skipped over me, but I know next to nothing about vocal technique. Thanks for taking the time to help people like me learn more about how and why Adam's voice makes us feel the way we do.  |
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Post by Holst on Feb 20, 2011 11:43:27 GMT -5
Since it seems i can post here something for AI now that we dont have a special thread for this i would like to share my favorite contestant. I also said this back at ATOP when i first listened to his audition where he celebrated with a melodica his 3 yes's.I said he is my fav from all this season. I dont know if they got him through i havent watched this episode yet, please dont tell me if he made it or not.I dont know if he has the perfect voice or the perfect pitch but i got chills all over my body with his audition and today with this interpretation i'm blown away. You see to me not always is about the perfect voice it's what he can make me feel. And here is his audition if anyone is interested.I love love love him. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGmdQfLyfdE&playnext=1&list=PL129D10495AB1CC4F [/youtube] I also saw this AI performance. That's some amazing 19-year-old. Isn't it interesting that he has popped up on AI at the same time that Esperanza Spaulding is hitting the scene? (Reminder: She just got the Grammy for Best New Artist.) |
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Post by cassie on Feb 20, 2011 12:04:16 GMT -5
I also saw this AI performance. That's some amazing 19-year-old. Isn't it interesting that he has popped up on AI at the same time that Esperanza Spaulding is hitting the scene? (Reminder: She just got the Grammy for Best New Artist.) THAT'S who won best new artist?????? Can't believe it. She is wonderful! Such a nice jazz vocal and wicked bass playing. This is sophisticated stuff. Maybe there is hope for the Grammys credibility after all. Thanks for sharing this. |
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Post by Holst on Feb 20, 2011 23:18:22 GMT -5
I also saw this AI performance. That's some amazing 19-year-old. Isn't it interesting that he has popped up on AI at the same time that Esperanza Spaulding is hitting the scene? (Reminder: She just got the Grammy for Best New Artist.) THAT'S who won best new artist?????? Can't believe it. She is wonderful! Such a nice jazz vocal and wicked bass playing. This is sophisticated stuff. Maybe there is hope for the Grammys credibility after all. Thanks for sharing this. Yes, very sophisticated. That is one of the reasons it was such a big upset over Beiber. She's not mainstream and not that well known. |
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Post by crazyoldgal on Feb 25, 2011 9:27:40 GMT -5
Cassie I was listening to older performances of Adam. A few had caught my attention that sometimes Adam has a 'lispy' sound as if one has braces on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M8u8PWDKMcI hope I did this right Its one of his song "Gotta Get THrough This" Is it my imagination or truly do you hear the 'lispy' sound. I also notice this sound on a few others. ALthough I've never heard his sound like this on AI, is it a sound that he incorporated for a few of his shows, or has he corrected this vague ennuciation. Just curious to see what you think |
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Post by cassie on Feb 25, 2011 11:03:58 GMT -5
Cassie I was listening to older performances of Adam. A few had caught my attention that sometimes Adam has a 'lispy' sound as if one has braces on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M8u8PWDKMcI hope I did this right Its one of his song "Gotta Get THrough This" Is it my imagination or truly do you hear the 'lispy' sound. I also notice this sound on a few others. ALthough I've never heard his sound like this on AI, is it a sound that he incorporated for a few of his shows, or has he corrected this vague enunciation. Just curious to see what you think I know what you are talking about. That puzzled me when I first heard it, too. Why is Adam lisping??? Well, he is not. It is an effect caused by the camera doing the recording. It is distorting the highest frequencies a bit, making the S sounds seem like SH. I have seen the phenomenon before when I have actually been AT the concert so I know the singer was not lisping, but it sounds like it on the recording. Thanks for asking. It bugs me when people criticize the Upright Cafe videos saying Adam sounds "too gay" or "too femmy" because of the recording equipment. |
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Post by crazyoldgal on Feb 25, 2011 12:15:11 GMT -5
Cassie - TKs for confirming whata I thought I heard. No I didn't think of Adam's sound as "too gay" or Too Femmy" I kinda of thought it might have been a result of a little too much 'drinking' as he did admit he had quite a few. Remember when he was asking for dessert? I think it was chocolate.
Well at least I know I was hearing correctly "Lispy" or not, I enjoy those Upright Cafe renditions as the one "Come Home" made me cry. so hearfelt!
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Post by sugaree on Feb 25, 2011 19:58:37 GMT -5
Hi folks. I know this falls under the AI topic, but I was reminiscing. This wasn't on AI, but IMO is an amazing performance by Carrie Underwood. I rooted for Bo that season, but since then I've learned that Carrie has an amazing voice. Cassie, what do you have to say about this performance. It really moves me and it's live. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qGhNN-67-E |
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