When GREAT singers keep their chops!
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JordanOnTheRun:
Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (2004)
I watched this on PBS when it aired...and, you're right. Definitely still has his chops in this performance. Actually, like most singers who take care of their voices, he sounded better than he did in his commercial heyday.
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Not sure if he would be considered a 'great' singer but he sure does have some chops...still. Eric Burdon live 2006...great DVD!
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oobu24:
Not sure if he would be considered a 'great' singer but he sure does have some chops...still. Eric Burdon live 2006...great DVD!
He's definitely gotten better with age. Saw him on one of those PBS things a few years ago, and he was on fire! He's got a helluva band! Love that mid-break on this version! Great post!
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audi:
I watched this on PBS when it aired...and, you're right. Definitely still has his chops in this performance. Actually, like most singers who take care of their voices, he sounded better than he did in his commercial heyday.
I used to think it was a woman singing first, very versatile voice.
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JordanOnTheRun:
audi:
I watched this on PBS when it aired...and, you're right. Definitely still has his chops in this performance. Actually, like most singers who take care of their voices, he sounded better than he did in his commercial heyday.
I used to think it was a woman singing first, very versatile voice.
oh...you're talking about Leo Sayer. : This is where everyone's quote is needed. I wasn't following the conversation & Eric Burdon was also on PBS & I thought you meant Eric sounded like a woman.
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Blame Audi for watching so much PBS.
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Evelyn "Champagne" King - I'm In Love (San Jose, HP Pavilion - February 11, 2012):
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Cheryl Lynn - Encore/ Keep It Hot/ Got To Be Real Live (Sinbad's Summer Soul Festival 199:
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oobu24:
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Teena Marie @ Sinbad's Summer Jam (1995) :
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The Gap Band's CHARLIE WILSON is the standard that defines all the New Jack Swing troubadours like R. Kelly and Guy. He is so vastly under-appreciated. The Gap Band (Live 1999):
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The Big O kept that fantastic voice until he died.
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A recent Judy Collins concert on PBS I saw the other night proved she has kept her fantastic unique singing chops, or gotten them back after being a singer for at least 50 years. Whatever singing coach she goes to Paul M. should look into, 'cause Judy Collins sounds astonishingly as she did in her heyday, clear smooth vocal tones always on pitch or in tune. Not that I think Paul McCartney's singing has gone downhill a lot-- just going by some peoples' remarks on that subject concerning him.
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JordanOnTheRun:
The Big O kept that fantastic voice until he died.
oh! My favorite is with KD Lang & Roy!
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SusyLuvsPaul:
A recent Judy Collins concert on PBS I saw the other night proved she has kept her fantastic unique singing chops, or gotten them back after being a singer for at least 50 years. Whatever singing coach she goes to Paul M. should look into, 'cause Judy Collins sounds astonishingly as she did in her heyday, clear smooth vocal tones always on pitch or in tune. Not that I think Paul McCartney's singing has gone downhill a lot-- just going by some peoples' remarks on that subject concerning him.
That's good to hear. Unfortunately, the same can't be said for singers like Joni Mitchell and Marianne Faithful. On a good day, Debra Harry (Blondie) sounds as great as she ever did.
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it's a crying shame Joni Mitchell continued to record with her pipes all shot from ciggies probably, she sounds terrible, Faithfull is supposed to sound bad, seems the worse she croaks out a tune the more people dig it as though she's charmed--it's weird, audi
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The Emotions I Don't What To Lose Your Love (live @ Motown Live):
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I thought Billy Joel did a fantastic job with one of my favorite songs of his the other night, even though I'd heard he'd been sounding rough during his last two tours. What he's lost in looks, he's kept in voice.
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Billy Joel's music = good times. And, yeah, he may look older, but his chops are very much in tact.