I've been reading around and the general consensus seems to be that people don't like a lot of the songs I would consider to be good, mainly because they've got vocals. I don't have any problem with them. I used to hate them, but have since found that they give the song much more emotion and draw me into it more. Sexy female vocals can't be beat.
Take Burned with Desire for instance or Yet Another Day. Both of those are incredible songs with great vocals. Another one I hear being bashed is Satellite by Oceanlab. Whats wrong with this song? I'd like to take a step back and look at the construction of the vocals, their poetical feat. The whole thing is iambic pentameter...it makes the song wonderfully pleasing to hear. When I say pentameter, I mean the emphasis on the syllabols inherent to the english language. Emphasis in the song is cap'd:
"you're HALF a WORLD aWAY" but in my mind
"i WHISper EV'ry SINGle WORD you SAY" and before you sleep at night
"you PRAY to ME your LUCKy STAR your SINGing SATelLITE"
I don't mean the note changes accompanying the words (sounds like "luckY star YOUR singING sat [lower] ell [lower] ite"). I think this songs was designed with musical effect as the primary focus, not having understandable vocals; the music builds right with the lyrics.
Besides, vocals make a song 2x as sexy and attractive. Thoughts?
Oct-18-2005 05:05
djt3nchi
Junior tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2005
Location:
I like vocals in some songs,especially the sexy female voices. Like you said,makes the song twice as sexy.
Oct-18-2005 05:14
eFeKz
sending out an s.o.s.
Registered: Mar 2005
Location:
most people who dont listen to trance as a mainstream genre of music think vocals are gay, especially female ones. hell i love it, its uneducated ******s who are unsure of their own sexuality who complain about teh gheyness, yet they LOVE JESSIE MCCARTNEY LOLZ
Oct-18-2005 05:19
Ishkur
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jul 2001
Location: Vancouver, BC
Annoying interruptions.
Fake, feather-lite pap. Pulp schlock. Corny melodrama. Inane, third rate highschool sophomore lyrics. Cheap knockoff, added only as afterthought, to sell to pop charts and radio stations. The loudest echo of something once pure and pristine completely sold down the river.
Oct-18-2005 05:24
sandstorm03
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Registered: Feb 2003
Location:
quote:
Originally posted by Ishkur
Annoying interruptions.
Fake, feather-lite pap. Pulp schlock. Corny melodrama. Inane, third rate highschool sophomore lyrics. Cheap knockoff, added only as afterthought, to sell to pop charts and radio stations. The loudest echo of something once pure and pristine completely sold down the river.
your not burned with desire?
Oct-18-2005 05:26
digitul punk
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Aug 2004
Location: Da Krib Foool! KD 0079
Vocals are a great way to tell a story through a song or just to be used as a coating but only when used well.
Some songs are made better with vocals, some songs are better off without them. It's ultimately a subjective matter. I wouldn't take most of the popular "OPINION" floating around this forum to heart. Some people are just attention whores who will make it their mission to blanket bash an entire style of music they can't agree with every chance they get just to feel better about themselves.
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Oct-18-2005 06:23
Axolotyl
hired goon
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: atoms are not things they are possibilities
quote:
Originally posted by sandstorm03
your not burned with desire?
Well, Ishkur really is like no one on earth...
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Oct-18-2005 07:00
Floorfiller
Girl + Sweater = Hotness
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: Illegal Pete's
vocals in songs are fine when they are done right. the songs that you mention have horrible vocals. both poorly written and terribly incorporated into the songs.
Oct-18-2005 07:06
*InVeRs3*
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Apr 2004
Location: E-Thuggin TA.com members
Don't make the elitist pricks in this forum influence you from liking what you want to like........
But a lot of vocals in trance are really stupid and cheesy. This is a fact.
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Oct-18-2005 07:07
Floorfiller
Girl + Sweater = Hotness
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: Illegal Pete's
quote:
Originally posted by *InVeRs3*
Don't make the elitist pricks in this forum influence you from liking what you want to like........
But a lot of vocals in trance are really stupid and cheesy. This is a fact.
now why is it so elitist...but then you just go and say the exact same thing? maybe not of his particular examples...but really?
Oct-18-2005 07:17
303
mdmaddict
Registered: Sep 2001
Location: The last train to Lhasa
The reason why it most often dont work is cause theyre overdone. too much, too "raise to roof" intended.
delicate use of vocals on the other hand... can send shivers through the spine for sure.
Whats wrong with vocals in trance?
