 coleio wrote:
If you're familiar with other 'growling' style vocals, you would realise that Akerfeldt's vocals are actually quite intelligible compared to a lot of other vocalists who use that style.
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Intelligiblity isn't the issue - growling doesn't have to be particularly intelligible.
At the points I mentioned, I used the phrase "comic-book", because it made me want to laugh - but also cringe a little, as I found it rather cheesey, and when I looked up the lyrics, completely inappropriate.
It's the tone that seems to be wrong - note I said that he later uses it in a way that I would consider more appropriate.
coleio wrote:
And no they probably are'nt like Fish or Hammill, yet as prog is all about originality and progressing, churning out the same lyrics and using the same lyrical themes and techniques like others would be a contradiction surely? |
Indeed - but I meant that they're obviously not as good in terms of lyric writing technique, or depth - they're all surface and require no imagination or intellectual activity to understand.
Hardly progressive.
coleio wrote:
I myself find them quite poetic and effective at creating mental imagery, but then again that's just me and as opinion is subjective I won't say anymore on the matter.
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You're welcome to your opinions, but I don't find them particulary poetic - apart from the fact that they rhyme in regular places. They're too obvious and "in your face" - like pop lyrics.
coleio wrote:
I just feel that the comparison between differing styles of prog to be quite illogical, that's all.
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I just compare prog music to other prog music - that's all. The logic appears to be sound - what's illogical about it?
If one group is demonstrably better or more progressive in some ways than another, then it's a worthwhile excercise for anyone keen on exploring truly progressive music to keep things relative.
The logic is in the yardsticks used to measure that progressiveness.
It is those you should examine, not the end result - which will always be opinion.
Anyway, while I feel flattered at the attention that my reviews are getting (any publicity is GOOD publicity), this thread is NOT about discussing my reviews in any depth - just one particular comment.
There was another thread in which my reviews were discussed, and that discussion has now been ended by the site Admins.
Feel free to start another, if you want to continue this topic, however.
In the meantime, back to vocal correction software and its use - did Akerfeldt use it? Does anyone actually care that much? What are its merits or disadvantages?
Edited by Certif1ed - April 03 2007 at 07:01
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