The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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GasBandit
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I'm a bass! I can't hit the screechy high notes.
That's what makes it fun!
God Shuffled His Feet?
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Sixteen Tons
Do Freebird!
Then embrace it and be all about that bass.
GasBandit
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A lot of these I would do in an instant in a karaoke booth, no problem (even high screechy ones 
). The major hiccup with dashcam singing is... it has to be a song I know well enough to sing without a lyrics sheet while I drive in heavy traffic. So, Sinatra and some others are unfortunately off the table... or dash, I guess.
). The major hiccup with dashcam singing is... it has to be a song I know well enough to sing without a lyrics sheet while I drive in heavy traffic. So, Sinatra and some others are unfortunately off the table... or dash, I guess.
I mean, I like rage and all, but I thought you wanted to hear me *sing*.
A song by the crash test dummies while driving just seems to be tempting fate.
Hah, more likely than "Let it Go," I'll give you that. At least I know the words
Possibilities! Bohemian Rhapsody at Sonic is also a possibility.
How far do you think I drive?!
I'd do it in a booth, but I don't actually know the lyrics beyond "that's good enough for me."
The Johnny Cash version of Hurt.
GasBandit
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Either version is a possibility.
GasBandit
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... Ok.
GasBandit
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Believe it or not, you are the first time anybody has ever asked me to sing Sinatra.Wait a minute...you know "Barbie Girl" but not Sinatra?!
I cannot say the same truthfully for Aqua.
GasBandit
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I can NAME several. Yes, My Way, but also Got You Under My Skin, New York New York... heck anybody who watched Married... With Children back in the day knows a Sinatra song
Singing them is difficult, even with a lyrics sheet, because most of them have heavy syncopation but a glacial tempo.
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Life in the 30s-40s always looks kind of awesome. I mean, unless you were black, asian, poor, a young soldier......
I would say "a woman", but listening to classic radio, it seems like there was a small golden age for women around that time, before the super-conservative backlash of post-WWII. You had strong female leads and villains. Working women, etc. Sometimes, I think men came back after WWII and got scared when they saw that women and minorities were doing just fine without them, and had to "put them in their place". Then again, I'm mostly judging from media.
I would say "a woman", but listening to classic radio, it seems like there was a small golden age for women around that time, before the super-conservative backlash of post-WWII. You had strong female leads and villains. Working women, etc. Sometimes, I think men came back after WWII and got scared when they saw that women and minorities were doing just fine without them, and had to "put them in their place". Then again, I'm mostly judging from media.
Yer a Baritone, matey.
...so let's hear you do "16 Tons."
Ooo, ninja'd.
(I feel like I do a decent version of 16 tons, actually. But *I* have no dashcam)
--Patrick
GasBandit
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I took a test, actually. I'm a bass.
Ok, then YOU sing it and post itAhem...
You're not a "Bass" unless you're a "Bass II" (or "2nd Bass").
"Baritone" is "Bass I" (or "1st Bass"), just like "Basso Profondo" could be considered 3rd Bass, and that would be someone like Ted Cassidy.
(gonna stop before I do any Abbot&Costello jokes)
All of the footage I've heard would put you in the Bass I category, unless you're deliberately living the majority of your life at the top of your register.
Yes, there are people who make a distinction between "Baritone" and "Lyric Baritone" (with LB describing a high Baritone), but that's what most people call the high bass parts (unless voice nomenclature has changed on me in the last 15-20yrs)
--Patrick
GasBandit
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