Bafflism.
There are voices that come out of people that for the life of me i wouldnt expect. Katherine Jenkins looks like a christmas tree fairy, but her voice is so powerful albeit she's an opera singer...
But my point lies in hearing the increasing amount of mid-western american singers whose voices sound like they've had the worst day of their lives. It's not only in the mid-west, but it seems to be an all american thing all the same. While the (not so charming) brits (i am one) are doing their shitting, brain-dead, retarded cockney accent a la bitch Kate Nash and midget bitch Lily fricken Allen.
Elliott Smith, Ben Bridwell (band of horses), John Lindenbaum (The Lonelyhearts), The National, Mark Kozelek(sun kil moon),Spencer Krug (everything else)and beautiful chris garneau are sounding like they've had a mid-life crisis when they're lives at only around their mid-twenties...
I guess it was suitable to hear Hank Williams and Johnny Cash sound like broken glass, but not these whippersnappers...i guess thats what makes them different then.
It's like a warped sort of history.
The early 2000's were heavy indie strokes music, skinny jeans then came the british influx,still skinny jeans, now, i guess it's bearded skinny jeans, and the phrase 'southern twang' used NON-FRICKEN-STOP.
is it right to be jealous of ben bridwell's voice/
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hahaha!! hating on those brit gals, eh? i started out liking lily allen, and now when i hear her i want to throw punches. i just think of her and she starts to annoy me!
and yeah, sure, i'll write up that U2 review right now for you: Bad! Don't listen! :-D
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I can't blame for preferring that old charming Southern twang to magpie mockney. It's the Rhett Butler effect, doll ;)
Personally, I'm jealous of this Will's voice but also Will Oldham's, Bill Calahan's and many others'