The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #52910   Message #811883
Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen
26-Oct-02 - 12:52 PM
Thread Name: Albums You'll Never Hear
Subject: A;bums You'll Never Hear
Britney Spears sings Almeida Riddle, Pavrotti sings Howlin' Wolf, Blind Willie Johsnon Sings Arias From Naughty Mariette.

I thought that I'd cast this line out into the pond and see how many Mudcats I could catch. You can approach this thread in a lot of different ways. Come up with other equally unlikely album titles, and have fun with it. (Maybe we should reserve an album title with Shatner for Little Hawk, although "Shatner Sings" is a thigh-slapper all on its own.

Depending on what kind of music you're doing, there are some fundamental reasons why mixing singing styles is so ridiculous. Every type of music has its traditions, and approaches to singing.
If someone is going to make an album you might actaully hear, they need to do two things"

Sing what you Feel
Recognize the tradition within the music you're singing.

If a singer doesn't do both of those things, they're albums are likely to end up in the cut-out bin. Of course, there are exceptions... someone on a thread said that they really enjoy the Pat Boone sings Heavy Metal album... which could easily have been in my list at the top of this thread.

Anyway, enjoy yourself.. have a good laugh, or if you want to talk about approaching a style of singing that is not part of your tradition, do that. As an example... if you're white suburbia, and want to do black blues or gospel, should you imitate a black dialect "Nobody knows de troubles obscene?

It's all yours...

Jerry