tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post132533106781753399..comments2024-03-02T07:40:22.786+03:00Comments on Only Solitaire blog: Bee Gees: Spicks And SpecksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-3726320234683952722013-01-31T04:19:16.670+04:002013-01-31T04:19:16.670+04:00To make sure I have relistened to I am the World. ...To make sure I have relistened to I am the World. I think you overestimate the vocal range needed for this song. I didn't mention Burdon and Daltrey to contradict the implication that "nobody could have done it"; I mentioned them to illustrate that there are no stunning vocal acrobatics. I wouldn't call Burdon nor Daltrey a vocal acrobat, though the former jumps an entire octave between "they call the Rising Sun" and "It's been a ruin".<br />To name someone I thoroughly dislike (so nobody can accuse me of bias): Demis Roussos was a vocal acrobat.<br />The highest/lowest notes of My Generation and House of the Rising Sun are higher/lower than the ones of I am the World.<br />Neither does Robin G sing I am the World with a particularly wide vibrato - fortunately. In fact after reading your review I feared to despise the song for this reason, unnecessarily as it appeared.<br />Now if you argue that neither Burdon nor Daltrey had the style to sing I am the World with the needed musical expression you have a point.<br />You might be right about Daltrey's vibrato though. It seems like he didn't use it around 1966; I had later examples in mind, which isn't entirely fair.<br />Anyhow I propose every interested reader to listen to I am the World, My Generation and House of the Rising Sun in a row, like I just have done.MNbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-71032775316653326552013-01-30T18:24:42.496+04:002013-01-30T18:24:42.496+04:00There can be no question whatsoever that neither B...There can be no question whatsoever that neither Burdon nor Daltrey (certainly not Daltrey, who had neither the range nor the vibrato) could have sung 'I Am The World'. Besides, the observation does not imply that "nobody could have done it". There are few, if any, things in this world that could have been done by just one person, given the total volume of humanity. It just says what it says.G. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05848634884798924824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-5518307031469237902013-01-30T17:40:10.154+04:002013-01-30T17:40:10.154+04:00Born a Man is quite an ironic song for another rea...Born a Man is quite an ironic song for another reason - 11 years later the three guys gave some reason for doubt.<br />Sorry, I don't think RG's vocals on I am the World special. Any good rock vocalist (in terms of skills; so not The Beatles, not The Stones, not Davies, but certainly Burdon and Daltrey) plus several soul vocalists could sing it without much effort, provided that they added enough cheese.MNbnoreply@blogger.com