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From reading Ruy Castro's book about Bossa Nova, she had sung earlier, before "Girl from Ipanema." So it's not like the romantic version of her sitting in the studio and magically walking up to a mic and recording her first-ever vocal performance on a hit single.Astrud Gilberto clearly has pitch issues on her early LPs.
I know a LOT of people think Stevie Nicks has a great voice, but to me she sounds like bleating billy goat with her forced vibrato... Only Phil Ochs has a worse vibrato!Fleetwood Mac is the worst.
Then there's Anthony Newley.Only Phil Ochs has a worse vibrato!
I've never been a huge fan of Stevie's voice, but these days she should probably just hang it up -- she can't hit any notes that are even "slightly" high anymore and winds up singing her iconic songs with way-compromised melodies.I know a LOT of people think Stevie Nicks has a great voice, but to me she sounds like bleating billy goat with her forced vibrato
...and he's heavy on the vibrato -- following up on Mr. Bill's earlier point.Bob Goulet always seemed to go flat at the end of nearly every phrase...
You know, that whole Mrs. Miller business has yet to be settled in some quarters -- but I guess technically she was considered a comedy act.You could probably add Mrs. Miller as well.
Indeed, "mathematically precise" perfect pitch is unnatural (as are mathematically precise drumming patterns). On the other hand, "natural" (for lack of a better modifier) perfect pitch is truly something to behold! Check out Howard Kaylan from the Turtles or Peter Cetera from Chicago; and a step beneath them would be David Crosby from the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, and Artie Garfunkel.I think we pick up on autotune since there isn't a single vocalist out there who can perfectly hit every single note--it's almost imperceptible with the best singers as they sound dead accurate. But if the pitches are too exact (I want to say "mathematically precise"), we notice that as sounding unnatural.
I was visiting friends in California back in 1998, and he pulled out a record and told us, "You have to hear this." So yeah, we got our first exposure the same way.The albums were popular at the cocktail parties of the day where the host would slip the record in with the Steve & Eydie albums, and wait for his unsuspecting guests to notice. Then laughs would abound.
I remember hearing some of their "better," stuff years ago somewhere...she was very good at being very bad, but only because she was such a very good singer (with a compelling voice all her own) - never recall hearing her sing anything out of tune - I'm not sure if Karen would have been good at deliberately singing off key, as singing on pitch was as natural to her as breathing (and God only knows how very well she could breathe) - she was talented enough to pull it off, but she would have had to work at it a bit...Someone should mention "Jonathan And Darlene Edwards" who had a little comical side career of playing and singing off-key.
Whole albums were recorded by this husband/ wife duo. He played piano, she sang. In reality of course, these were made-up names for Jo Stafford and Paul Weston.
The albums were popular at the cocktail parties of the day where the host would slip the record in with the Steve & Eydie albums, and wait for his unsuspecting guests to notice. Then laughs would abound.
These two were amazingly talented enough to pull it off. If you have any musical talent at all, then singing off-key can be a challenge.
Seek them out on YouTube. Jonathan & Darlene Edwards.