while they're singing? We were talking about this at work. Has anyone else noticed that most popular artists sing with a fairly generic Americanized voice?
For example, Adele's English accent comes across rather thickly when she's giving an interview, but it disappears when she's belting out one of her love ballads. Another example is the Gallagher brothers. They are darn near impossible to understand when they're speaking, so much so that producers usually show a transcript of what they're saying during interviews, yet they magically become understandable when they're performing as Oasis.
Does this phenomenon have a name? It's almost as though the entire recording industry decided that an Americanized voice is what sells the most.
I've noticed that, too. I wonder if it's the act of singing phrases to match the song's rhythm and beat, rather than using their natural speaking cadence, that throws it all off. It doesn't seem to happen with Jamaican rappers, like Sean Kingston and Sean Paul, though.
Huh, I never thought about it before, but I think you're right about Jamaican rappers still sounding Jamaican. Maybe some accents are harder to overcome than others.
Wayne Parham Messages: 18934 Registered: January 2001
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I was driving today, listening to the Moody Blues and thought about this thread 'cause their accents are obvious, every one of the performers in that band. Made me think about others too, like the Beatles.
So I thought to myself how some accents are apparent while some do seem to kind of lose theirs.
An example of a singer that really loses her accent is Adele. First time I heard her speaking at a concert recording, I was shocked. That gal really cracks me up. Great singer too.
Rusty Messages: 1380 Registered: May 2018 Location: Kansas City Missouri
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My only guess is that the pulmonary effort to sing is much greater than speaking. Its more a projection of language into an elongated form of words. But many country singers have that distinctive "drawl" to their singing as is their speaking.
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