So What's With The Revival of THAT VOICE - You Know, That 80s, Yelping "Soul" Voice?

You get so used to reading about these awful bands on the interweb and just looking at pictures of them, that you get this idea in your head of what they sound like. And then when the video is forced on you, it's all... AACCCKKK!!! is *that* what they sound like? It's disconcerting. But compulsive.

Image bands and haircut bands, why do they never sound like they should? Who told Kasabian that the world needed a Primal Scream tribute band? And I've seen the video eight times by now, but I still can't tell you what Razorlight actually *sound* like. And who told Modest Mouse that they could be famous by backing a Pretenders song with a Franz Ferdinand video?

WHO COMES UP WITH THIS STUFF?!?!? AND WHY?!?!?

Plus, the new Graham Coxon video is a dead rip-off of SHE'S IN FREAKING PARTIES!!!!! lightbulbs and suits and all. At least he doesn't sing like Peter Murphy.

Though actually, that would be kinda great if he did.

Peter Murphy at least was taking the piss out of the 80s yodelling voice.

Is it wrong to deliberately seek out music that you *KNOW* will annoy you, because you really get off on feeling like a curmudegeonly old woman?

I know that "soul" is a poor choice for words, but I don't know what else to use to describe that tone of voice. It seemed to be prominent most in the sort of singers that used to bang on about "soul".

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During the Adenoidal Indie Head-Voice Years, I suppose.
-- nabisco (--...), October 13th, 2004 3:50 PM. (nabisco) (later)

FINALLY A REASON TO THANK SLINT

but alas! it's really all about robert smith and ian mccullough -- or, more accurately, current singers trying to SOUND like robert smith and ian mccullough. messrs. smith and mccullough are grandfathered b/c they're the voices of my teenage years -- the newbies DON'T have that escape clause. i guess martin gore would also fall into this category, if only david gahan didn't handle most of THAT band's vocal chores (and if yelping were in mr. gahan's bag o' tricks, that would've only helped).

(and though gary numan has an 80s voice [i suppose], i eliminate him b/c i dunno anyone nowadays who sings like he did -- including mr. numan himself these days.)

it's all about the morrissey comeback, innit?

and THIS is a sentiment i wholeheartedly endorse ... as always, bauhaus never gets the credit they deserve.

This is it, nail on the head. And then claiming "Oh, no, I've never even HEARD Echo and the Bunnymen..." or whatever. Like that band, godhelpthem, who are singlehandedly doing the XTC revival. Just stop it! You don't even have the excuse of being from Wiltshire!

And Razorlight... why god, why...?

Rozz Williams wasn't so bad because he had enough of the Johnny Rotten in him that it was part sneer part gargle. VALOUR, however, I wanted to strangle him with his own rosary... argh...