Favorite songs (cont.)

[pinball1970]

@pinball1970 :

You know, it's all connected... through various influences and styles....







I just saw a clip about Tears For Fears song "Mad World"...
...they are referencing Gary Numan and Depeche Mode...
(by the way, the two members of Tears for Fears were playing heavy metal before they went into synth pop , source: How Tears For Fears Let It All Out - The story behing "Shout", quote: "They played Heavy Metal, then Folk and finally found Synth-Pop forming as Tears For Fears in 1981.")

Tears for Fears - Mad World | The Story Behind The Song​

And this was the first song when I realised that Martin Gore of Depeche Mode is a great songwriter:

Depeche Mode - Leave in Silence - Live 1982 Hammersmith​

(songwriter: Martin L. Gore)

Looking back I think OMD, Tears for fears were more my thing with the electro sound.

 

[morrobay]

That's me to rolling on Sherman Way.

 

[MidgetDwarf]

Can someone please explain to me how it is possible that a person
can be such a godesslike singer like this...? It is almost impossible to believe.

Her vocal talent is extremely unusual. Very, very few people can match her.
She is, in my opinion, at the same level as Freddie Mercury was.
That is, right at the top of the top of the best of all times.

Adele - Someone Like You (Official Music Video)

Her vocal ability is uncommon for a white woman, but I can name 30 black female singers that sing at the same level, and even better.

 

[pinball1970]

Her vocal ability is uncommon for a white woman

What the hell? What does that even mean?

 

[pinball1970]

Georgy Girl and the lovely Judith Durham

 

[pinball1970]

The Amazing Kate Bush, ridiculous range, unbelievable talent.

 

[pinball1970]

The Power House Ann is usually the focus but her sister does those amazing harmonies great guitar work including that legendary intro on "crazy on you."

 

[pinball1970]

Both here

 

[pinball1970]

Staying in the 1970s arguably the most beautiful tone ever.

 

[pinball1970]

 

[pinball1970]

Not my favourite voice but man what a performer, a real rock star. Heart and soul.

 

[pinball1970]

One of my favourite songs

 

[pinball1970]

One of my favourite songs and this performance by a 17 year Judy Garland makes it one of my favourite films moments too.

 

[pinball1970]

It was either this or White Rabbit. Ian Gillan and Paul McCartney said live gigs in the 60s were hit and miss due to the gear and sometimes you played and you could not hear anything but noise.
Singers had to be quality in the 60s.

A favourite song.

 

[pinball1970]

Master song writers Burt Bacharach and a one in million voice is a great combo

 

[pinball1970]

Back in the 1960s, she recorded this at 17 this performance at 18, singing live I think.

 

[pinball1970]

Sandy Denny, the most beautiful English folk voice ever for me. There is Maddie Prior, Judy Dzuke and Annie Haskam of course but none of them sang on a Led Zeppelin album ;)

Everyone knows "Who knows where the time goes" so I posted this as there is no live version.

 

[pinball1970]

A favourite song...

 

[pinball1970]

I was blown away when this was released, when the video cuts to the parallel lines part it looked cool as hell.

 

[MidgetDwarf]

What the hell? What does that even mean?

The poster I quoted stated that her vocal ability is uncommon and not many can match her.

She does sing well, but her ability is nothing extraordinary. It is her song writing that sets her apart.

Is Adele's fame waranted? In terms of singing no. She is average if when compared to black female singers.

 

[pinball1970]

The poster I quoted stated that her vocal ability is uncommon and not many can match her.

I disagree with that.

She does sing well, but her ability is nothing extraordinary. It is her song writing that sets her apart.

She has a very expressive voice and a good recording voice which is sellable, this was recognized early on by record companies. I do not know all of her works but the songs I have heard seem ok.

Is Adele's fame waranted? In terms of singing no.

Subjective, no idea why kids down load the stuff they do and the gen pop are not educated in vocal technique.

She is average if when compared to black female singers.

I have no idea what you mean by this, I have listed a couple of white female singers for you to review. some of them are regarded as some of the best singers of all time. I have kept the genre mainly to pop music as we were talking about Adele, so I think apples with apples is appropriate. I have also tried to keep on topic with favourite songs.
Each female singer has different qualities in the list, some are one offs and or one in a million voices, very special.
Let me know what you think.

 

[pinball1970]

This is such a raw song, she could write and play but that voice was special. She made everyone else sound ordinary at the time.

 

[pinball1970]

Night of the Swallow

My favourite of this Album



Sandy Denny

One of the rare live videos out there of her.



Tina Arena

Not usually my genre, a bit produced but soon rocks up and she gets to release those fantastic pipes.



Stop - Sam Brown

I loved the tune the string arrangement her incredible voice.

We did not release how difficult this was to sing till we did a cover of it. The singer was a very versatile girl, sang Iraqi folk, classical you name it.

We went through this and she was astounded at the number of sounds she created, and effortless flicking to that soft breathy top register and full blooded chest voice.

Brilliant song. Especially when you consider all the garbage that was out at the time (1988)



Yvonne Elliman

I went looking for Gillan in this album (Jesus Chris Superstar) but found Yvonne Elliman (Murry Head and Ian add a bit at the end but this is Elliman’s)



Beautiful Stranger – Madonna

When of my favourite songs of the 1990s that came from an odd (for me) source.

 

[DennisN]

One of my favourite songs and this performance by a 17 year Judy Garland makes it one of my favourite films moments too.

Oh, I agree very much.
I rank it among the very best songs ever made, and I can tell you it is a very tight race up there among those top notch songs.

 

[pinball1970]

Oh, I agree very much.
I rank it among the very best songs ever made, and I can tell you it is a very tight race up there among those top notch songs.

Check out Sandy Denny, she sings English folk/Folk rock. My favourite live is the one I posted but "Matty Groves" is favourite overall.

 

[pinball1970]

A great 70s song from a musical but it did chart and was covered by Madonna.

 

[pinball1970]

The BBC has some great early 1970s footage. You can tell a class singer when they sit behind a piano or pick up a guitar and it is just them and their individual instrument.

She wrote some great stuff but this is probably my favourite.

 

[pinball1970]

I think the Mamas and Papas had just about split in 69? Beautiful track from one of those voices from the 1960s that never seem to be replaced.

 

[pinball1970]

We were going to name our baby after this track we liked it so much, my favourite Fleetwood Mac. (It was a boy - we had a back up)
All the live versions miss the harmony so it's studio.

 

[pinball1970]

Barbara Streisand had a big voice, probably too big for pop songs? Shows, opera? Anyway, she wrote as well as sang this. Fantastic song with Kriss Kristofferson

 

[pinball1970]

Great tune

 

[pinball1970]

Looking in the 80s for my favourite songs and came across this. I liked it and to me it stood out like a sore thumb in 1981. Reason? Written by Ray Davis in 1965. (TIL)

 

[DennisN]

Oh, I agree very much.
I rank it among the very best songs ever made, and I can tell you it is a very tight race up there among those top notch songs.

A nice clip about the composition of "Over The Rainbow":

Why 'Over the Rainbow' takes us to a magical, musical place


The song was conceived of when relaxing:

By the time all the other songs for the film had been written, Arlen was feeling the pressure of not having the song for the Kansas scene. He often carried blank pieces of music manuscript in his pockets to jot down short melodic ideas. Arlen described how the inspiration for the melody to "Over the Rainbow" came to him suddenly while his wife Anya drove:

"I said to Mrs. Arlen... 'let's go to Grauman's Chinese ... You drive the car, I don't feel too well right now.' I wasn't thinking of work. I wasn't consciously thinking of work, I just wanted to relax. And as we drove by Schwab's Drug Store on Sunset I said, 'Pull over, please.' ... And we stopped and I really don't know why—bless the muses—and I took out my little bit of manuscript and put down what you know now as 'Over the Rainbow.'"
"

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Rainbow#Background

And it has got a big legacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Rainbow#Awards_and_honors

I actually learned to play the song on acoustic guitar yesterday...
I've recently started to learn some old classic songs for variety and fun .
The chords and lyrics are here: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/2135261

 

[DennisN]

Haha, I read another article about the history of the song "Over The Rainbow"...
I just laughed when I read that they originally thought about removing the song from the movie!!!

When Judy Garland went over the rainbow as Dorothy Gale in the classic 1939 musical The Wizard of Oz, she almost left without singing what was to become her signature number. For an advance screening, MGM executives had removed “Over the Rainbow” because they felt it slowed down the film.

Associate producer Arthur Freed stepped in, telling studio head Louis B. Mayer, “The song stays—or I go,” to which Mayer replied: “Let the boys have the damn song. Put it back in the picture. It can’t hurt.”

Gosh... if they only knew back then how famous that song would become...

'Over the Rainbow': The Story Behind the Song of the Century (Columbia News, 2017)
https://news.columbia.edu/news/over-rainbow-story-behind-song-century

 

[morrobay]

Some songs just sound better each time: