RIP Whitney, RIP the "Oversinging" trend?

[Hippo_Tron]

24. I disagree with you ALMOST entirely

First of all, I take it that given your critique of Whitney and 80's shred guitarists, you probably didn't care for much of 80's or even 70's rock singers and prefer the two decades of mellow toned down stuff that Kurt Cobain spawned. Frankly I'll take Robert Plant, Freddie Mercury, Steve Perry, Lou Gramm, Steven Tyler, or Jon Bon Jovi over anything Kurt Cobain and after. Rock music was AWESOME back then, largely because those guys had BIG VOICES and used vocal effects (and by effects I mean effects produced with the larynx, not produced with a synthesizer or a computer).

What I would say about "I will always love you" is that I think it would've been better if it started slower and more toned down and built up to the bigger stuff. For example, maybe the first chorus should've just had one pitch per word except at the end of the phrase, and then moved into the more complex vocal runs on the second or third chorus. But eliminating it entirely would be ridiculous, IMO.

Vocal music, especially live vocal music, should be big, it should be exciting, and it should be FUN. And of course a good singer or a good band will throw in some less flashy tunes in the mix to change things up so it's not full blast for the entire show.

And frankly I can't freaking tell what kind of voice anybody has these days. Everybody's recordings have the autotune re-tune speed set close to zero so that they sound like a fucking robot.