[Music] Males singing like girls

Icy Gull

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Anyone else noticed this (to me) really irritating trend over the last few years, to stick in a really high pitched voice during a song?

Am I an out of touch GAMMON?

As an example Gavin James -sober, have just heard this on the radio and it annoyed me

https://youtu.be/LHm1ANy5OOA

Yeah I know we’ve had a few in the past like the Bee Gees and the Four Seasons but it now seems to be de rigeur

 

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Dick Swiveller

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Given that we had the castrato in the 17th century who really suffered for their craft, it is hardly new.

 

Icy Gull

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Dick Swiveller said:

Given that we had the castrato in the 17th century who really suffered for their craft, it is hardly new.

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Is castrato now the new normal then?

 

Bakero

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That guy's voice didn't seem particularly high-pitched.

 

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Bit harsh to call it a girl's voice but Rush had a stellar career with Geddy Lee high pitched vocals.

 

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Once you see him you can probably guess his gender correctly but just listening…..
Beautiful song and a great male falsetto

 

BBassic

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That blokes voice reminds me of The Doves. And The Magic Numbers.

Anyways, some of the best male singers in the world use / used a higher pitch. Freddie Mercury, Jeff Buckley, Thom Yorke can hit some incredible notes.

 

zefarelly

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY

I can't hit some of the high notes I used to be able to . . . .

asides the BEE GFees, Bowie used to sing his BV's fairly high in the range, Crosby got up there, Neil Young . . . nothing unusual to my ears.

 

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I really worry for this thread if somebody mentions Sam Smith

 

Icy Gull

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zefarelly said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY

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I still smirk at , “You can tell by the way I use my walk that I’m a woman’s man”. Childish I know

 

Icy Gull

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zefarelly;9965509 I can't hit some of the high notes I used to be able to . . . . [/QUOTE said:

Did you shoehorn them into every song you sang?

That is my point, so many songs these days where this seems to happen imo

I do seem to be alone here though!

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Nowt new about it - Smokey Robinson, The Beach Boys, loads of them. In fact, most of the top acts of the 60s (Hollies, Beatles, Searchers, The Who for example) had pretty high pitched vocals.

 

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zefarelly said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY

I can't hit some of the high notes I used to be able to . . . .

asides the BEE GFees, Bowie used to sing his BV's fairly high in the range, Crosby got up there, Neil Young . . . nothing unusual to my ears.

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I love that song

 

thedonkeycentrehalf

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Frankie Valli, Tiny Tim, Stylistics, Jimmy Summerville, Modern Talking, The Darkness - always been high pitched male singers through the years.

 

Is it PotG?

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Bakero said:

That guy's voice didn't seem particularly high-pitched.

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it isnt. it is dreary though, odd to pick on its pitch.

 

Stato

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Coincidentally, I've got a Jeff Buckley album on at the moment. I blame him.

By the way, the Castratos didn't end in the 17th century. For those who have never heard it, here is an excerpt from the album 'The Last Castrato' recordings of Alessandro Moreschi made at the beginning of the 20th century. It's a bit spooky:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjvfqnD0ws

 

Tom Hark Preston Park

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I still think Party Fears Two is one of the worst things I ever heard in my life

 

zefarelly

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thedonkeycentrehalf said:

Frankie Valli, Tiny Tim, Stylistics, Jimmy Summerville, Modern Talking, The Darkness - always been high pitched male singers through the years.

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The Eagles came on the radio the other day (one of these nights) and it struck me that the Darkness ripped them off as well . . . . so many influnces over the years.

 

zefarelly

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Icy Gull said:

I still smirk at , “You can tell by the way I use my walk that I’m a woman’s man”. Childish I know

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me too, we'd be smirking more with over £100m in the bank!