1.31.16 TOH Tour Sydney #2

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adamrossmusic thank you for letting me do this in public.

Whenever I see Adam in shorts, he gives me the chuckles, his sense of fashion when it comes to shorts is a bit amusing.

Betty, even though I don't speak German, it was wonderful to hear your enthusiastic voice!!! Represent girl!!!
By the way how you have the time to bake such a quantity and variety of mouthwatering cakes everyday is truly miraculous!

I am not sure if this was intended to be taken literally or was a poetic way of saying he was perfect -- for example, dinners was perfect and hit every single note or StarWars hit every single note.

Taking it literally, I usually see these kind of comments from people and "reviewers" who do not attend a lot of popular music concerts -- often accompanied by a specific mention of how they don't go to many many concerts.

While Adam is a spectacular vocalist, and by far my favorite, other singers, even pop singers can "hit every single note."

I think that people hear music different and have/do not have emotional connections to vocalists in different ways. I am not an opera fan and rarely connect to an opera performance. Similarly, I do not "get" country music. But I love thrash metal -- where vocal imperfection is a core part of the genre,

There are other artists whose shows are not so vocally-centric, who don't hit every single note, but who are incredible live. Neil Young is awe inspiring live -- but not because of his vocals, because of his presence and his guitar and his band and his music and his lyrics and --- then he performs a ballad. Katy Perry's show is amazing live -- but she can't sing some of the songs they way they were modified in the studio -- no one seems to notice or care, I did notice but I did not care. Lady Gaga can sing but uses backing tapes to amplify and sometimes to replace her voice when she is doing complex dance routines. (She proved it with her performances with Tony Bennett.)

And there are a number of artists who are vocally close to perfect (I don't believe perfection is possible) in live performances -- Pink, Kelly Clarkson,  Bruno Mars, JT, Bono/U2, Elvis Costello (even at 61), Cyndi Lauper. Florence + the Machine -- impressive.
 
Many, many singers can sing live and "hit every note" -- across a lot of genres. Only a small fraction of these singers are successful because "perfect" is really not as important as emotionally connected, and stylistically relevant.

A final note, I was a massive Queen fan in the 1970's. I know and still know many fans from those early years. People loved Freddie and loved Queen but I never recall anyone talking about the "vocals" -- they talked about the music and experience.