![]() All I want to do is curl up and wait it out.Įven when it’s screaming, some part of Kurt Cobain’s voice always contains that desire. The rain turns to pellets of ice, then snow. It’s the end of March the temperature nicks 40 degrees and drops. On the day I’m trying to finish off this essay, the rain starts in the early morning and by noon the backyard is filled with puddles. It was a bit painful on Sunday.Įdit: Just realized, if this thread isn’t for talking about other screamers, can we get one? Mods, could you move mine and 4or5magicians posts to a thread I’m about to create? It should be there by the time you see this.Cobain’s voice could sound like it was clawing its way out of a garbage can.ġ. Fantastic guitar work on that one too.Īnd Paul’s shouting on Birthday has always been cool to me. ![]() One of my favorite Cobain ones is Scentless Apprentice. As I alluded to in the other thread, though, Paul rocks so hard when he’s screaming. Reminds me of John’s screaming to a certain degree (raw, barely controlled, but powerful and more importantly awesome).īut as for screamy Paul songs, besides the ones already mentioned I love his work on Lucille. I thought the OP’s last paragraph was opening up comparing to other “screamers” as well. That’s what I get for only looking at the title. This is actually a thread about ”screamy” songs by Paul Might just be because I’m on a huge Nirvana kick, but he screams a lot, and it’s pretty great. IveJustSeenAFaceo said I’d like to nominate Kurt Cobain. Paul has more “soul” in his screams, John rocked out a bit better I think. I guess that I’ll find out about Daltrey in another week when I see the Who…they are performing Quadrophenia, so “Love Reign O’er Me” coming at the end of the set will be a challenge for sure.Īnd while Paul’s screams were probably technically superior to John’s, I have to say that I generally prefer the raw edge of John’s voice in those settings. ![]() I don’t think I’d rate one above the other based on those live samplings. I saw Paul in concert sandwiched somewhere between the two Plant shows - both guys sounded excellent to me given the age, wear-and-tear on their voices. I’ve seen him a couple of times in the past 3 years - he more than held his own with Alison Krauss when performing “The Battle of Evermore” (a song that, I believe, Zeppelin never did live due to the lack of a female singer to do the Sandy Denny part from the album) when I saw that performed on the Raising Sand tour…goosebump time for me on that one. While he’s certainly no longer at the “Immigrant Song” level of 1970, I’d argue that he’s become a better overall singer as a result. I think that I’ll disagree just a bit on the side of Robert Plant. Read the video description for further details on the notes he hits and the songs they are from. I’ll also take this opportunity to plug a video I made (again!) illustrating Paul’s vocal range and showcasing some of his best highs (and lows). Macca has preserved his voice ridiculously well for a man who writes songs often in the demanding upper tenor range and has consistently performed them in their original key up to this day. Some might argue that in their prime Robert Plant and Roger Daltrey were more formidable rock singers but their vocal ranges diminished very quickly due to overuse and improper technique- the superhuman high notes Plant possessed in the early days of Zeppelin were pretty shot by the late 70s. His final “oh yeah” scream at the end of Soily live 1976 in Seattle is one of the most incredible things I’ve ever heard, the E above tenor high C and extremely powerful, well sustained and full sounding. I’d also like to nominate Oh Woman Oh Why, I’m Down, Wild Life, A Love For You, So Glad to See You Here and Call Me Back Again as particularly impressive gritty vocal performances in high registers. I’m not one of those critics - I think Paul is simply the best screamer in all singing history, even better than Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, and certainly better than Little Richard or Joe Cocker or anyone else one could name. “ Mother “, is certainly compelling to listen to, and “I Want You” and “ Yer Blues ” are great, but still, he is simply inferior in tone and verve and aplomb to Paul’s screaming.) The only thing I suspect some would fault him for in this regard is that he doesn’t have that kind of “painful” soul depth, and it could be faulted for being faultless in technique, but not in raw emotion. His screaming is effortlessly powerful even when rising into high registers, it punctuates the songs perfectly, it has high quality. Among Paul’s many talents (bass, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, drums, songwriting), one particular one is not often singled out for praise: his ability to scream well.
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