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Seeing as there is the 'other' option, I thought it was fair play to show a clip of the aforementioned Diamanda Galas. Talk about range - and not only that, a will to stretch her own vocal chords to the edge of torture. This clip floors me every time - for quite different reasons no less. Captured on the Jon Stewart show waaay back in 1994 you get to see Diamanda with legendary Zep bass man John Paul Jones performing a tune off the joint venture they'd just recorded. The performance is earth-shattering, literally.
It blows my mind each and every time - mostly because the music is sooooo experimental and mad for an American mainstream tv show, but perhaps even moreso because the musicians know this.....and then purposely take it up a notch
Man I would do anything to have been a guest at that show (I was 12 at the time and had already purchased my first Samla Mammas Manna album, so I was no stranger to music with a twist of the bizarre.)
Very entertaining performance with a great demonstration of vocal prowess. She's a female Mike Patton for sure. Like Patton, she never does anything for me emotionally but it, intentionally or otherwise, sounds funny enough in a weird way that I still enjoy it.
I imagine that's how it is for most. The vast majority though runs screaming for the hills.
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My thoughts exactly. Oh well, they do get two of their favourite things with that performance: something familiar in the rock legend of John Paul Jones and of course sex with Diamanda's crazy SM outfit
The rest probably scared the living daylights out of them.
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Posted: October 23 2014 at 11:03
To my Asian ears, a lot of it actually sounded very Arabic/Oriental, though mixed with some harsh portions. She didn't get out her full death metal voice in that set, that would have really caused some jaws to drop.
That's actually what I fell for in the first place. She has that same kind of omni-influence as Lisa Gerard has. Asian, Middle-Eastern, South American you name em. I've always looked at her as an Anarchistic and infinitely more provocative version of Lisa.
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Posted: October 23 2014 at 15:41
Guldbamsen wrote:
Seeing as there is the 'other' option, I thought it was fair play to show a clip of the aforementioned Diamanda Galas. Talk about range - and not only that, a will to stretch her own vocal chords to the edge of torture. This clip floors me every time - for quite different reasons no less. Captured on the Jon Stewart show waaay back in 1994 you get to see Diamanda with legendary Zep bass man John Paul Jones performing a tune off the joint venture they'd just recorded. The performance is earth-shattering, literally.
It blows my mind each and every time - mostly because the music is sooooo experimental and mad for an American mainstream tv show, but perhaps even moreso because the musicians know this.....and then purposely take it up a notch
Man I would do anything to have been a guest at that show (I was 12 at the time and had already purchased my first Samla Mammas Manna album, so I was no stranger to music with a twist of the bizarre.)
Wild stuff. Incredible voice. I love the bass/drum groove.
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Posted: October 23 2014 at 19:55
rogerthat wrote:
Cannot help you about the show from which you linked that Curved Air performance as I am not that clued into their work. Prefer Haslam by far. Also agree about Touching Once at Albert Hall. But she also gave some incredible performances of Ashes are Burning, especially from the late 70s onwards. There's the one at Chicago in 1983 that probably every Renaissance fan knows of. But music vault allow you to view this great performance from a 1979 concert. Audio/video are both pretty dire. But the vocal pyrotechnics at esp the 18 1/2 minute mark are incredible.
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Posted: October 23 2014 at 19:59
Tom Ozric wrote:
...............if I could, I would vote for the amazing Christina Booth.......... .........whom incorporates the best traits of both these gorgeous Prog angels.............
I'd already listened to her performance in some Magenta tracks, and enjoyed it especially on the track 'Envy'. By the way I'm suprised no one mentioned here another one: the female singer of Mostly Autumn - was she Heather Findlay or Angela Gordon?
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Posted: October 23 2014 at 20:03
Dean wrote:
But for me it's Sonja by quite a long way.She is a one-off talent that has no comparison or equal and few imitators. There is a certain indescribable essence and character to her voice that I find more interesting and more appealing. Unlike Renaissance, Curved Air didn't adapt their sound to fit Sonja, she adapted her voice to fit the music they were playing, which was a lot harder and louder and required a voice that could rise above the music rather than fit neatly in it.
Right on, I'm with you on this, and needless to say that I definitely love her timbre! Thanks for these links Dean, I found her 1980 track a pretty romantic tune. I'm sure that some day I get to be in England, Sonja will be the first one I'll be looking forward to meet
About Annie I get your point, and am going to check out Jane Relf. But I agree with what was said here that Annie sings like a prog angel, even though sometimes it seems as well for me too that they adapted their sound to better fit the timbre of her voice.
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Posted: October 23 2014 at 20:06
rogerthat wrote:
To my Asian ears, a lot of it actually sounded very Arabic/Oriental, though mixed with some harsh portions. She didn't get out her full death metal voice in that set, that would have really caused some jaws to drop.
Same on here, but I think also that if she did get her full metal voice and put on more rythmic speed she would have really caused some Judas Priest fans to drop ... just joking
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Posted: October 24 2014 at 06:35
Guldbamsen wrote:
That's actually what I fell for in the first place. She has that same kind of omni-influence as Lisa Gerard has. Asian, Middle-Eastern, South American you name em. I've always looked at her as an Anarchistic and infinitely more provocative version of Lisa.
I got Dagmar Krause meets Mauricia Platon, with a Middle-Eastern spin !! JPJ is amazing on the bass too. Definitely interesting.
That's actually what I fell for in the first place. She has that same kind of omni-influence as Lisa Gerard has. Asian, Middle-Eastern, South American you name em. I've always looked at her as an Anarchistic and infinitely more provocative version of Lisa.
I got Dagmar Krause meets Mauricia Platon, with a Middle-Eastern spin !! JPJ is amazing on the bass too. Definitely interesting.
The album they did together does come across more palatable. Well maybe it's the condition of that Jootoob clip too that adds to the slightly 'grating' expression the music has. On this baby
there's absolutely none of that Perfectly recorded and JPJ is in great form delivering some of his most 'awkward' bass lines to date. They zoom on perfectly though and don't ever feel forced or convoluted. Sign of a great musician: the ability to adapt to every new thing being flung at you and still maintain something that unequivocally screams it's YOU who's playing.
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Posted: October 24 2014 at 12:04
Haslam, but Kristina certainly didn't lack for looks. I just wonder what happened to the latter; is she now a housewife outside of 29 Palms, Calif. with a rug full of kids and all.
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