Word: falsetto
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...version but, according to the liner notes for this double CD, he did approve the Drifters' doo-wop (or, rather, doot-doot) waxing when producer Jerry Wexler sent him an early copy. And why not? T he bass lead will rattle china three houses away, and McPhatter's natural falsetto manages to evoke both Billie Holiday and a child crazed by caffeine on Christmas morning. (The D's also did a nifty "Easter Parade...
...fair, the cover isn’t really all that bad. The band adds some interesting sneers to the original chorus of “whoos,” and heck, they even kept the falsetto. Moving to the rest of their catalogue, though, reveals a much-repeated combination of jittery rhythms and angsty vocals which express either whiny frustration or scrunch-faced resolve, and not much else. This is not the most innovative of musical styling. Nor does it provide the ears with endless fun. One need only listen to ANThology, the recent album that launched...
...Buckley’s name gets bandied about too much these days, but on the opening track “Nothing I Can Do,” Gottesman genuinely captures Buckley’s sense of spooky drama and effortless beauty, without the prima donna histrionics that accompany many falsetto rock divas. Not one to ride on other’s coattails, Gottesman is soon on the move, via a couple of slightly sticky ballads, to an almost self-consciously Zeppelin-esque riff on “Survive.” This brings the element of hope back into...
...been sucked completely dry from Modest Mouse. Brian Deck’s production removes the edge and luster from the Modest Mouse sound, leaving the band sounding too dull and warm. The first track, “Willful Suspension of Disbelief,” starts ethereally with a falsetto “everywhere” layered over and over in the background, but this soon proves mind-numbing rather than inspiring. The next two tracks, “Night on the Sun,” a Built to Spill-esque tune that spans seven minutes and 38 seconds...
unnerving and spooky in Mr. Mather’s hands becomes a horror story in miniature. Amos, without needing to change Eminem’s lyrics, assumes instead the personalities of the murdered wife and bewildered child. Her falsetto refrain of, “Just the two of us” is so full of quiet menace and mourning that it becomes almost painful...