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Thread #142213   Message #3277208
Posted By: Lonesome EJ
20-Dec-11 - 01:17 PM
Thread Name: Kids Sing Bob Dylan
Subject: RE: Kids Sing Bob Dylan
As the official thread Grinch, I have to say a couple of things about the clip.

First, the kids do a great job covering the Byrds' more melodic version of Tambourine Man, so it's once-removed from Bob Dylan. And second, there is the vaguest whiff of American Idol phrasing in the vocals of the little tykes, sort of a Mariah Carey lilt to all of their voices. This is more a sign of the times than a weakness in the performance, I think. Unfortunately, little kids with great voices, like the aforementioned melody singer in the clip, grow up listening to the current pop crop and not from-the-soul singers like Joan Baez, Judy Collins or even Natalie Merchant or Gillian Welch.

But...I am nitpicking. It's great to hear kids of that age going after songs of my own youth in such an energetic fashion. More power to them!