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Post by marie23 on Jun 3, 2011 8:41:19 GMT -5
Since we were talking about Adele on the main thread, i wanted to ask Cassie about her take on this Adele song. Adam said that it was his favorite on the album, but her singing this live sounds so much more powerful. I'm wondering if the reason why this performance is so powerful, not just for the emotion that she pours into it, but also the way she phrases some of the words, makes it more powerful. Her voice doesn't sound as pure as the voices that I usually like to listen to, (ie Adam) but the cracks in this adds to the sorrow in this. Well just wanted to know what you all thought was on this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qemWRToNYJY&feature=player_embeddedI think you hit on it when you say that the cracks add to the sorrow. This is a very raw, painful performance. She makes herself very vulnerable and open. I think she accomplishes this thru several means. First of all, singing alone on the stage in black, with only a single piano for accompaniment makes it personal and intimate in a way that an orchestra would not. Secondly, she is allowing her voice to crack, allowing all the rawness thru, as if she is near tears and cannot control her tone. Finally, I love her phrasing. She extends the lyrics across musical lines, giving the impression that she can't stop, that she just has to keep going, keep talking/singing to get the feelings out. At other times, she chops a phrase up, like she can't catch her breath. All in all, the raw emotion rings true, and it is the PERFORMANCE that tugs at you, not the purity of her voice. IMHO. What is it that strikes you about this performance? I just love reading your words, almost like Adam sinnging/talking, you explain everything so clearly. What you explained is exactly why this performance tugs at my heart so. She does seems to be near tears during this song. And even at the end, on that last line, where she sings, "Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead." I think her voice did crack, allowing the tears, her emotion take over even for a moment on that last, "sometimes." This performance is just so emotionally raw and painful for me, that it actually did bring me to tears, which have never happen before with any other singer (besides Adam). And I think it's just something profoundly powerful, when a singer, a performer can stripe away everything and take you right to that place where they are, that you become right there with them, sharing that same emotion that they are conveying. |
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Post by Holst on Jun 3, 2011 21:00:05 GMT -5
Thanks for the link Cassie, I do want to listen again as I struggled the first time since I was on my laptop working. Hard to pay attention thoroughly while also grooming a dog. On the subject of feeling comfortable while listening to a performer I was listening to an interview with Monte recently where he was talking about his upcoming album and he was asked about what he's been listening to that has been inspiring him. He started talking about having got back into listening to Metal because Longineu was always playing a lot of metal while they were on tour and because most metal bands have good guitarists he and Tommy where listening to a lot of different albums. He said that Adam listened to some too but not very much because it made him uncomfortable. He then went on to explain that just like if he is listening to something with sucky guitars it isn't very pleasant for him and that since unfortunately a lot of the metal singers are really just screaming Adam could not listen to much of it because it was really unpleasant for him. He went on to say that most of the time you will find that singers like to listen to bands with good singers, guitarists like bands with good guitarists and drummers like bands with good drummers. That was more important than what genre of music something was. He also mentioned that he had just done a lesson with about 30 kids where he was demonstrating that all music uses the same notes but how you play them is what makes the difference in music genres and he talked about demonstrating that with different guitars or effects settings. I understand. There is a lot of content in the interview. Lots to think about. At the end of the interview taping, I couldn't remember a lot of what we had said. Listen to it when you can, if you want. Thanks for sharing that info about Monte and his statement that Adam was uncomfortable listening to Metal. I completely know where he is coming from. There are styles of music I don't care for. Types of music that sound discordant to me. But, when a SINGER is bad, it is physically very uncomfortable. My ears hear it, and my body tries to correct for it. My breathing alters. My throat and chest strains to pull up the pitch or to shift a belt into head voice. My jaw tenses. Very unpleasant. I can only imagine how a singer of Adam's quality responds when he hears a singer with problems. I can imagine that instrumentalists may have similar responses to poor playing. Totally agree with you, Cassie. And thanks for that info Rihannsu. As I've been listening to Adam sing loud, classic rock, I've realized that one of the reasons I don't like some of the original performances is because some of the "singers" aren't really singers. I used to think it was because I didn't like loud, squealing guitars. But I like all of GNL DVD which does have some loud guitars. But the voice is the really big difference. I just can stand singing that sounds like yelling. For me Adam has the right mix of great voice and rock sensibility. |
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Post by Holst on Jun 3, 2011 21:15:12 GMT -5
Cassie, I'm curious to know your thoughts on the Maxidrom show in Russia, in particular this performance of Sleepwalker: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQM8NhyurPo&feature=player_embeddedAlso, in regards to the Aftermath performance on idol I was very dissapointed and I am concerned that he is not properly taking care of his voice. In my opinion, this was one of his worst performances. I am a first time poster here, so I apologize for bringing this up again if I've missed this discussion already. Welcome, Brigadoon. Love the name. I also have trouble listening to that performance. Are some parts of it that I adore, and he looked so wonderful. However, that last little riff where usually has goes into head voice/falsetto (?) is hard for me to listen to. The voice sounds so strained (to my sensibilities) that it makes me feel uncomfortable. I was glad that some of the discussions here following that performance enjoyed the rasp and force of those notes. So I felt better about it. I'm sure that I am prejudiced because of hearing the GN tour videos and acoustic EP so much where he performed it differently. He seems to get extra stress in his voice for some of these big tv performances, which results in some minor pitch problems and/or rasp in his upper range. |
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Post by Alison on Jun 3, 2011 21:40:34 GMT -5
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Post by willowgarden on Jun 6, 2011 22:54:10 GMT -5
This is the young boy (12!) who almost won Britain's Got Talent. You can almost see the dollar signs floating around Simon as he watches. If he adds a few dance moves, he could almost be the next Justin beiber. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVMtZd9Cv4M |
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Post by gelly14 on Jun 7, 2011 2:01:07 GMT -5
This is the young boy (12!) who almost won Britain's Got Talent. You can almost see the dollar signs floating around Simon as he watches. If he adds a few dance moves, he could almost be the next Justin beiber. I've seen this boy and I think he's 10 times better than Justin. Voice, looks, everything. From his audition I think he's feeling it. I was actually going to ask cassie's opinion about him but I hesitated. Here is his audition. He sang " Feeling good" I love this boy and I wish him the best  And here he is singing a capella in a room with a microphone Adele's Someone Like You. |
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Post by crazyoldgal on Jun 7, 2011 11:20:29 GMT -5
Cassie
I had a quick question regarding young child prodigies....I saw Jackie Evancho who I believe is 11 yrs old. pn AGT....I see she has put out a CD. I was just curious if children at this age can maintain a quality operatic voice as one matures.
I remember there was a Charlotte CHurch, from Wales, whose voice I adored and then as she matured, she lost that operatic high tone voice. or maybe she lost interest in signing, not sure BUT do you think we will have another "Beverly Sills"?
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Post by Jojo on Jun 7, 2011 18:25:45 GMT -5
I just wanted to come here and flail about Adam's voice and tell my story why it has made such an impression for me.
A little background info. I listen to a lot of music from opera, jazz, rock, bollywood, ethnic, pop... to electronic dance music. I'm a bit more easy with the dance music because I love dancing, but generally I'm a difficult customer because I'm so easily bored and loose my focus when my mind wanders into something else. With Adam singing my focus stays on the music. I listen to the words every single time and I have heard every song many many times already and that is something that has never happened to me before. And even more odd is that many times I have thought that if someone else would sing this same song I'd skip it before even listening to the end.
Also this leaves me with a question. Why is Adam the only one that has ever had that effect, because I listen to a lot of good singers and classically trained singers with good voices, but still my focus doesn't stay ???
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Post by Holst on Jun 7, 2011 22:44:36 GMT -5
I just wanted to come here and flail about Adam's voice and tell my story why it has made such an impression for me. A little background info. I listen to a lot of music from opera, jazz, rock, bollywood, ethnic, pop... to electronic dance music. I'm a bit more easy with the dance music because I love dancing, but generally I'm a difficult customer because I'm so easily bored and loose my focus when my mind wanders into something else. With Adam singing my focus stays on the music. I listen to the words every single time and I have heard every song many many times already and that is something that has never happened to me before. And even more odd is that many times I have thought that if someone else would sing this same song I'd skip it before even listening to the end. Also this leaves me with a question. Why is Adam the only one that has ever had that effect, because I listen to a lot of good singers and classically trained singers with good voices, but still my focus doesn't stay ??? Jojo, I can't help with an answer because I can't figure it out either. His voice grips me. I definitely wouldn't listen to some of the songs if someone else was singing. :-/ :-/ :-/ |
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