can't stop the world.
i'm SO TIRED. i am not doing a GOOD JOB at my DAYJOB today. even though Maude lulled me to sleep last night. it doesn't matter, really. i woke up feeling like i'd been hit by a truck, dragged myself out of bed and began Day 2: NO COFFEE, after falling off the wagon earlier in the week. back to occupying my brain with pop music.
i gravitate toward voices with gritty edge in them. i have one, so i guess that works out. except for the fact that mine is apparently ruining itself since grit = glottal fry = swelling = pain = NO RESONANCE. [just want to feel my resonance. et al.] i spent a lot of childhood in love with belinda carlisle. as much as debbie gibson was my idol, belinda was so, so, SO much HOTTER. her voice has this crisp-edge (not the kind i have) that always reminded me of girl group singers. HOWEVER. i also realized that girl group singers ALL SOUND like they have the edge in their voice because of how they were produced, and how much effing treble there is. i LOVE that sound, so it doesn't bother me, but it does make it hard to tell what's going on with their voices. belinda's the real deal though.
watching cable (YES! CABLE!) last night, some guy on VH1 commented on susanna hoffs' "crazy eyes" and i couldn't help agreeing. I think the two of them (belinda and susannah) really sum something up for me about what good came of pop-rock in the 80s. that said, the bangles are a far inferior band to the go-gos, though i enjoy hazy shade of winter as much as the next guy -- but then again, they didn't even write it. so. in terms of sound, consistency and quality of catalogue - there is no question in my mind that the go-gos take all in this particular showdown. susannah hoffs IS hot though. still, when it comes to overall band hotness, the go-gos win again.
today i spent some time watching old go-gos live show videos on youtube. the single best thing about it? seeing them fuck up. seeing belinda carlisle sing chronically flat. seriously, it made me really happy. because it happens to everyone. seeing one of my vocal icons straining like i do on stage (when the monitors suck) was a huge relief. not to mention some of her awkward dance moves during solos and stuff. i'm grateful that as a bass playing singer, i am mostly saved from that particular fate. thank JESUS. i don't want to imagine me "dancing" on stage to awkwardly fill time while fureigh solos. hahahaha.
back to label negotiations in sleeplessland. wish me luck.
i gravitate toward voices with gritty edge in them. i have one, so i guess that works out. except for the fact that mine is apparently ruining itself since grit = glottal fry = swelling = pain = NO RESONANCE. [just want to feel my resonance. et al.] i spent a lot of childhood in love with belinda carlisle. as much as debbie gibson was my idol, belinda was so, so, SO much HOTTER. her voice has this crisp-edge (not the kind i have) that always reminded me of girl group singers. HOWEVER. i also realized that girl group singers ALL SOUND like they have the edge in their voice because of how they were produced, and how much effing treble there is. i LOVE that sound, so it doesn't bother me, but it does make it hard to tell what's going on with their voices. belinda's the real deal though.
watching cable (YES! CABLE!) last night, some guy on VH1 commented on susanna hoffs' "crazy eyes" and i couldn't help agreeing. I think the two of them (belinda and susannah) really sum something up for me about what good came of pop-rock in the 80s. that said, the bangles are a far inferior band to the go-gos, though i enjoy hazy shade of winter as much as the next guy -- but then again, they didn't even write it. so. in terms of sound, consistency and quality of catalogue - there is no question in my mind that the go-gos take all in this particular showdown. susannah hoffs IS hot though. still, when it comes to overall band hotness, the go-gos win again.
today i spent some time watching old go-gos live show videos on youtube. the single best thing about it? seeing them fuck up. seeing belinda carlisle sing chronically flat. seriously, it made me really happy. because it happens to everyone. seeing one of my vocal icons straining like i do on stage (when the monitors suck) was a huge relief. not to mention some of her awkward dance moves during solos and stuff. i'm grateful that as a bass playing singer, i am mostly saved from that particular fate. thank JESUS. i don't want to imagine me "dancing" on stage to awkwardly fill time while fureigh solos. hahahaha.
back to label negotiations in sleeplessland. wish me luck.