Shadowboro
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As a longtime lurker on this forum (which I guess I pretty much still am, since I've only posted a couple of times since registering) long before I registered, I recall this particular issue has been discussed here before - though I don't think there was ever an entire thread dedicated to it (or at least I don't recall one).
But I'm convinced I'm not the only one who is jarred & bothered (or perhaps "shocked" would be a more appropriate word for it) at just how flat that "tonight" in the chorus of "Remember When Lovin' Took All Night" sounds.
While I wouldn't go as far saying Karen was "the queen of vibrato" or that hers is the best vibrato I've ever heard in my life, I still think she had a great one and - perhaps more importantly - knew the proper amount of it to use in regard to the kind of material she had to perform (which is something that I know for a fact even singers with better vibrato than Karen often fail to do and either use too much or too little).
So how could this happen here ? To my ears, that "tonight" is the flattest she has ever sounded. Karen was obviously capable of using vibrato (hell, she even used it in this very song - "be" / "too" / "me" / "do" in the first verse & "time" / "then" / "good" / "again" in the second verse, not to mention the in the very same chorus - "right" / "alright"). So it's not that.
Was it an intentional, conscious choice on her part to sing it that way ? Did the producer request it ? Any other possible reason ?
I don't know, but it's just "sticking out like a sore thumb" so-to-speak whenever I listen to this otherwise perfectly fine song. Especially given Karen's reputation as a perfectionist and the obvious fact that we are talking about an iconic vocalist that is held in very high esteem by millions of people worldwide (myself included).
But I'm convinced I'm not the only one who is jarred & bothered (or perhaps "shocked" would be a more appropriate word for it) at just how flat that "tonight" in the chorus of "Remember When Lovin' Took All Night" sounds.
While I wouldn't go as far saying Karen was "the queen of vibrato" or that hers is the best vibrato I've ever heard in my life, I still think she had a great one and - perhaps more importantly - knew the proper amount of it to use in regard to the kind of material she had to perform (which is something that I know for a fact even singers with better vibrato than Karen often fail to do and either use too much or too little).
So how could this happen here ? To my ears, that "tonight" is the flattest she has ever sounded. Karen was obviously capable of using vibrato (hell, she even used it in this very song - "be" / "too" / "me" / "do" in the first verse & "time" / "then" / "good" / "again" in the second verse, not to mention the in the very same chorus - "right" / "alright"). So it's not that.
Was it an intentional, conscious choice on her part to sing it that way ? Did the producer request it ? Any other possible reason ?
I don't know, but it's just "sticking out like a sore thumb" so-to-speak whenever I listen to this otherwise perfectly fine song. Especially given Karen's reputation as a perfectionist and the obvious fact that we are talking about an iconic vocalist that is held in very high esteem by millions of people worldwide (myself included).