Singers technical abilities varied, depending on age, health, practice, varied from superb to poor, but every one of them, without exception, brought something of value to their songs, interpretation, involvement, belief, experience.

Jim, are you saying that today's singers are incapable of that?

For me, any interpretation of a song has to arise from its narrative; I got no such interpretation from any of the clips.

Is that their fault - or yours?