Word: falsettos
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...Weekend” is not an O’Jays cover) is “Move On Now,” a power ballad sans power, which treats the audience to five minutes worth of mopey piano. All the while Archer lets his inner Adam Levine out: falsetto cries of “baby baby” abound. Of course, even here Hard-Fi fails to completely capture the timbre of their source material; at best, they’re Maroon 3 or 4. It’s not all bad. There are some interesting influences hiding beneath the surface...
...quickly and so gleefully add to that bombardment. His video for “Black Sweat” consists mostly of a curvaceous model type, alternately clad in latex, lamè, and lingerie, dancing provocatively while Prince attempts to prove that an effeminate, short, 47-year-old singing falsetto can be sexy. Whether or not it’s successful is a matter of personal preference, but it is entertaining to watch him try.Maybe it’s the illusion of class that black-and-white filming adds, but as T-and-A-centric videos go, this is less crass...
...those that are, ironically, a little less brave and bold. ‘Daniel,’ perhaps the best of them, is a dreamy cooperation between the two sounds, neither band pushing too far beyond its limits, Tortoise swelling up and down while Oldham’s falsetto peaks out through layers of effects. ‘Daniel,’ ‘Pancho,’ and ‘The Calvary Cross’ all allow Oldham’s fragile charm to shine through, offset well by softer instrumentation from Tortoise, avoiding the dissonance...
...merit of this approach for an audience familiar with his recorded material. Lyrical couplets like “Frozen, the river that baptized you/And the horse died standing up” came to the fore, and his gentle chorus hung over the crowd. Beam’s wordless, falsetto harmonizing with his sister Sarah in the middle of the song was hauntingly beautiful on stage.“Faded from the Winter” was the most surprising success, as Beam replaced the driving folk guitar of the recorded version with—are those palm-muted power chords? Beam...
...Start to finish, Jersey Boys is fast, fun and mostly engaging. It's awfully well cast-I liked all four faux-Seasons. As Frankie, Young hasn't the sharp angles of Valli's face, but a soft oval sweetness. His falsetto is impressive, except in a narrow stripe (three- or four-note range) where he's very thin. Granted, his voice isn't double-tracked, as Valli's often was on records, and I caught Young on a night when he'd already done a matinee. On the pristinely produced Jersey Boys original cast CD (with helpful liner notes...