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By the Kingsmen, I mean.

― ms, Tuesday, 12 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

The 'grain' or 'timbre' of the voice is important. Delivering the words with full-on strength and committment is cool when Nick Cave does it, not Zack de la Rocha.

― tarden, Tuesday, 12 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

"godawful americanism" = glottal stop (pr.glo[ ]al sto[ ] ) = not an americanism, especially (ever been to London, Sundar?)

― mark s, Tuesday, 12 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

AMERICANIAM?!?!? What, so the entire county of Essex has magically been transmigrated across the Atlantic?

Oh, and most regionally differently pronounced word? Probably "water". Varies from "Wor-er" to "wadder" to "what-ur" to god knows what.

― masonic boom, Tuesday, 12 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

1. SHIRLEY Sims. (Simms? Sim? Simm? Can never quite remember.) SALLY Timms.

2. *Totally* agree with Tracer Hand.

― the pinefox, Tuesday, 12 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

I suppose it's all context. What would a lot of punk rock be without the slurred vocals?

On the other hand, it seems to me that in hiphop, enunciating and really hitting the hard consonants helps the flow a lot, gives it rhythmic definition and makes it funkier (especially on fast phrases).

― Jordan, Tuesday, 12 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Clarke: No, I'm not saying that Madonna has crap lyrics that aren't worth figuring out. By saying that it'd suck to have to figure out what she's saying, I'm saying she doesn't have a style that lends itself well to confusion. Sometimes having to listen closely really holds up the song, it brings you in, makes you feel it more - that's not the case with Madonna.

― Ally, Tuesday, 12 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

pf understands and agrees!! so do I win??

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 12 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Perhaps my favorite singer/songwriter of all time, Tom Waits, should be noted for enunciating very clearly at the same time as being famously gravelly and froggy. At least, I can understand almost every one of his words.

― X. Y. Zedd, Tuesday, 12 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

But Tracer - I *always* agree with you.

― the pinefox, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

(writes Rattlesnakes on shopping list)

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

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