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42. Yeah, I was just being contrarian...

Reply to tridim (Reply #30)

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 09:39 PM

Feb 2012

that would be horrifying.

Like this:

Smells Like Teen Spirit performed by someone who actually does.

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RIP Whitney, RIP the "Oversinging" trend? [View all] tridim Feb 2012 OP

Not in the mood for bait lillypaddle Feb 2012 #1

I'll take oversinging over Auto-Tune any day, though. -nt CakeGrrl Feb 2012 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Occupy_2012 Feb 2012 #3

Looks like the song Adele sang at the Grammys was a rip off from Cee Lo Green's 'Crazy' song Tx4obama Feb 2012 #23

IMO not close at all laundry_queen Feb 2012 #36

IMHO, Adele's song does not sound like "Crazy." blue neen Feb 2012 #50

Lawsuit? Get real, all forms of art imitate and copy from other sources. FSogol Feb 2012 #56

Not really prohibited in writing either. Withywindle Feb 2012 #83

True. n/t FSogol Feb 2012 #84

not even close nt rollin74 Feb 2012 #61

Have you ever listened to Texasgal Feb 2012 #4

None of them oversang. Think Agulara. tridim Feb 2012 #5

You haven't listened to them Texasgal Feb 2012 #6

huh. I guess pipi_k Feb 2012 #28

I agree too. A lot of good singers believe that expresses emotion and showcases their roguevalley Feb 2012 #54

etta james was used as an example SwampG8r Feb 2012 #75

And neither did Whitney. What a riduculous thing it is Solomon Feb 2012 #80

It's not the vibrato . . . gratuitous Feb 2012 #8

there are techniques, and there are reasons for using them. unblock Feb 2012 #10

You said it better than I did. tridim Feb 2012 #11

I would call that over-ornamentation, or some such. "Oversinging" is pushing, i.e., gkhouston Feb 2012 #47

+1 TexasProgresive Feb 2012 #40

jazz only works when the rules are observed unblock Feb 2012 #43

Vibrato is actually very easy to produce Hippo_Tron Feb 2012 #67

Thank you. I hear this kind of singing in almost every black church every Sunday. Ecumenist Feb 2012 #18

Whitney didn't start the trend . . . markpkessinger Feb 2012 #7

Or any physical gymnastics period justiceischeap Feb 2012 #13

I agree, but I think that theatrics are an important part of a good live show Hippo_Tron Feb 2012 #26

OMG! thanks for the memory. Arkansas Granny Feb 2012 #32

One of my fave's in Bruce Springsteen justiceischeap Feb 2012 #53

lip-synching a live performance is one thing. lip-synching a studio album is something else. unblock Feb 2012 #58

Yea the lip synching pisses me off too Hippo_Tron Feb 2012 #62

What REALLY pisses me off about lip synching justiceischeap Feb 2012 #64

Did you ever see the video where Beyonce fell down the stairs adigal Feb 2012 #85

Ha! she cracked me up laundry_queen Feb 2012 #37

I'm not criticizing Whitney, she had a remarkable and unusually broad range in her voice. northoftheborder Feb 2012 #9

My dad, who has no ear for music laundry_queen Feb 2012 #38

compare SwampG8r Feb 2012 #76

Music has always had gimmicks izquierdista Feb 2012 #12

I think you mean "bel canto" REP Feb 2012 #31

Whitney and bel canto -- one of these things is not like the other. n/t gkhouston Feb 2012 #48

Not only that, it's good singing. izquierdista Feb 2012 #57

Even Opera does somewhat go in and out of style Hippo_Tron Feb 2012 #35

Andrea Bocelli does not have the chops for opera. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2012 #73

I certainly hope so. AngryOldDem Feb 2012 #14

I agree 100% goddess40 Feb 2012 #15

Agree on the over singing, but autotune is much more obnoxious chrisa Feb 2012 #16

+1. I assume that anyone who auto-tunes probably can't hold pitch. n/t gkhouston Feb 2012 #49

+1 Johonny Feb 2012 #69

... Capitalocracy Feb 2012 #17

Beautiful, it's not oversinging if it adds to the feeling of the song. tridim Feb 2012 #30

Yeah, I was just being contrarian... Capitalocracy Feb 2012 #42

What in the name of fuck was that??!! Didn't that poor man suffer enough while he was alive? Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2012 #45

Thanks For Posting This Great Song WiffenPoof Feb 2012 #63

So I guess you don't like opera either. MadHound Feb 2012 #19

Not really, but I do like R&B and Jazz when it's done without the oversinging. tridim Feb 2012 #29

Ms Houston had the range for bel canto, but she did not perform in that style REP Feb 2012 #34

I'm with you malaise Feb 2012 #20

"oversinging"? wildbilln864 Feb 2012 #21

Jennifer Hudson will keep the trend going Liberal_in_LA Feb 2012 #22

I disagree with you ALMOST entirely Hippo_Tron Feb 2012 #24

Sorry, that's a long standing Gospel style, Whitney did it up, she far from originated it. Bluenorthwest Feb 2012 #25

R Kelly Quantess Feb 2012 #27

Dolly V. Whitney. RUMMYisFROSTED Feb 2012 #33

I totally agree. Great Caesars Ghost Feb 2012 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author marmar Feb 2012 #41

Billie Holiday died from booze and drug use. Sound familiar? kwassa Feb 2012 #55

Holiday didn't overdose is what I meant. Great Caesars Ghost Feb 2012 #70

I kind of have to agree with you. GoCubsGo Feb 2012 #44

The problem DonCoquixote Feb 2012 #46

Whitney oversang ONE song! ONE! TheDebbieDee Feb 2012 #51

+1 young but wise Feb 2012 #59

Mariah Carey has a four to five ocatve vocal range, why shouldn't she use it? Hippo_Tron Feb 2012 #65

Mariah can sing anyway she wants..........but don't blame Whitney for starting TheDebbieDee Feb 2012 #72

Melisma. "Miasma" is nasty air. Melisma is all that overly-ornamented, wail-y singing. Codeine Feb 2012 #68

Miasma, melisma, I still think it's yodelling.............. :-) TheDebbieDee Feb 2012 #71

I am so with you on this. MrSlayer Feb 2012 #52

Yeah, I get that. All the wavering before they finally get to the note. But not Whitney, I think. Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #60

I think the more accurate term is "oversouling." Codeine Feb 2012 #66

you Vanje Feb 2012 #74

-10000000 donheld Feb 2012 #77

i think the author of this article must have read this thread: unblock Feb 2012 #78

two points Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #79

no disrespect to ms whitney, but songs are not for 'demonstration' of ability flexnor Feb 2012 #81

Great singing VS Over-singing - perfect example is I Will Always Love You - Whitney vs Jennifer Huds cbdo2007 Feb 2012 #82

OVERSINGING AND MELISMA ARE NOT THE SAME THING blues2bach Feb 2012 #86