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After Carpenters, Bread was my favorite group, though they were a far second to Carpenters.
That was considering everything together, i.e.., not just the singing, but also the lyrics, the arrangements, etc.
If I recall correctly Karen mentioned liking his voice, maybe on more than one occasion...Love their sound- and Gates has a beautiful voice.
Good choice Chris - haven't heard that in a long time...and here's another great Englebert tune......
Another male singer that has meant a lot to me is Engelbert Humperdinck. It was nice to read in an interview from recent years that his favorite female singer is Karen Carpenter. So besides having a smooth, phenomenal voice, he's got great taste as well...
I can't either, but there has to be someone somewhere, doesn't there?Can’t think of a single male artist inspired - directly or indirectly - by Richard as a singer (which is the title of the thread) given that he was mainly a backing singer.
I’ve always thought Brad Delp from Boston was a criminally underrated singer. His pitch was spot on, and he had an interesting tone. If you see his isolated vocals, you’ll see that they are all double tracked, meaning he was able to sing both tracks so closely that they sound like one track - and how high he’s able to go - good heavens…
Take “More Than a Feeling” for instance.
Nice try Ed, but (as they say) no cigar - as you surely know there are several reasons to like a song/recording other than the technique used to record the vocal - for instance, the arrangement, the instrumentation, the lyrics, the memories one has associated with the song, the emotions conjured up by the melody/lyrics combination, etc. - and there are many songs over the years that I've generally liked where the vocal was unfortunately (and often unnecessarily) double-tracked - would I have liked them more without that technique? Probably, but it doesn't stop me from enjoying them to one extent or another. It's only with Karen's incomparable voice where this becomes a serious issue with me because it results in an artificial, distorted sound that is not that beautiful natural voice. Why this isn't an issue for others who claim to love her voice is an ongoing mystery to me.The humor of seeing John like a song with an entirely-doubled vocal...LOL!!!!
Ed
And thank you for that.The other reason for giving Jack A. a "Like" was to encourage him to participate more in this thread - which I also offer to you.
It's only with Karen's incomparable voice where this becomes a serious issue with me because it results in an artificial, distorted sound that is not that beautiful natural voice. Why this isn't an issue for others who claim to love her voice is an ongoing mystery to me.
Not to belabor this point much further, let me say that I agree with you on LMFWIA but disagree on IWLADWY. This song - IWLADWY - could have been one of their best if she hadn't double-tracked the choruses - even stranger is that she does this on the first 3 lines but not the 4th - this song is right at the top of my list of ones I'd love to hear without double-tracking.... I never got the point of double tracking a softly sung vocal and it really doesn’t suit Karen’s voice. I would love to hear ‘Love Me For What I Am’ without the second vocal in the choruses. That said, Karen is also double tracked on ‘Postman’ and ‘I Won’t Last A Day Without You’ but they sound ok because she’s “singing out” with her chest voice, so the overall sound is stronger.
Yes, exactly! Great song - always liked Al...The great Al Jarreau. I always thought this song would have suited the Carpenters...