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US fans - can you tell Christine is English?
I was interested to read that Christine thought you could tell from her singing voice that she was English. I'm not sure I could. I always, hearing her songs before I knew much about her, assumed she was American. Can US fans tell that she is not from your neck of the woods?
I always think of "English" singers, like Bowie, David Gilmour or Syd Barrett, who sung in their own accent - be it Cockney or Cut-Glass - but Christine has generally always, to my ear, had if not a generic American singing voice, then certainly a heavily mid-Atlantic one. Incidentally, as a kid I was never sure where the band came from. My parents had TITN on cd in the 80s and, seeing Mick who I think looks pretty celtic, and knowing that the word 'Mac' formed part of the name, assumed they were all Scots. I may have confused them with Deacon Blue at that stage!
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nice post. Generally, I think I can tell, but that is only b/c I know she's English.
Certain songs over others I think it is more noticable. Funny story, back when "Everywhere" was released on the radio (I already had the album) My sister said that FM had a new single. I asked "which one, describe it to me". She said "I don't know....the one the guy sings". |
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I think on YMLF you can hear her Birmingham accent on the word "wonderful", particularly so on The Dance version; there is a very nice, flat vowel there!
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The first time I heard Songbird (before I was a fan of the band or knew anything about them) I thought it was sung by a guy.
Generally, she sounds pretty neutral when she sings, I think. Only on certain songs (YMLF, for example) does her accent really stand out. Otherwise only slightly if at all.
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I will have a listen again to hear her proper anunciation(sp) on YMLF (one of my faves!) Last edited by FierySequences; 01-06-2013 at 07:32 PM.. Reason: spelling correction |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxDRNirlc1U |
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When I got into the Mac 3 years ago, I had no idea Christine was British/English. To me she doesn't sound that way when she sings. The first time I heard Christine talk my brain got so confused! I was like huh, what, eh, who is this!?!
...and I'm an American from the South... |
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I knew she was a Brit right off the bat hearing her talk on "The Dance." I can see that you might not pick up on that if you'd only heard her singing voice though.
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I usually can not tell where a singer is from by their singing voice alone. Once I know or think about it, I begin to pick up on the traces of their speaking voice dialect. After that Ican't hear anything but their speaking accent.
So my answer is yes. |
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Willie Nelson's version is quite good... much peppier and upbeat than the original, a real radio-friendly pop production which was interesting. Found a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oyRV_eE3Qw Last edited by bombaysaffires; 01-08-2013 at 10:01 PM.. Reason: add link |
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youtube sent me to this link of another version of Songbird... not my fave. YMMV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIMlnJI4iAQ |
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I had no idea he favored the Mac...hell, he may have even sold them some Mary J back in the day. |
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Songbird with a lower pitch of 10%
I adjusted Chris Song Bird with a lower pitch of 10%. She sounds like a male, but you can tell (I believe) she's English when she sings "and the song bird knows the score" (about 1:35 and 2:35). She has a clear and pronounced native English voice, not a slurred word in her song.
Click on the picture: [IMG][/IMG] Last edited by ironman_01701; 01-09-2013 at 09:07 AM.. |
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Christine sounds like a male on songbird? What?
Maybe some of the live versions (ie: Tusk tour doc) but certainly not on record. Really? I hear her British lilt on certain words, such as "been" (she pronounces it like "bean") on "Friend" or the line "you better not" on "One in a Million." Mostly you hear it, as another poster said, in the flattening of the vowels, especially with certain "o" sounds. |
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