Spurminator
02-15-2010, 12:37 PM
I happened across the Sirius Hits station yesterday looking for ideas for songs to put on a playlist for a friend's wedding reception. I've come to the conclusion that there are no real voices left in modern music.
And I'm not really talking about the hip-hop/dance music... at least the electronic instrumentation in those genres lends itself a little better to mechanical sounding voices. Plus, they're not trying to fool anyone into thinking that's how they sound when they sing.
But then a song like Train's "Hey Soul Sister" comes on and tries to pass itself off as something natural when it's the most processed shlock I've ever heard. I remember Train from ten years ago - "Meet Virginia" - Dude has never sounded as good as his record label is making him sound now.
I know ranting about pop music is something you normally grow out of at 14, but I feel like I'm being lied to when I hear a song that has such obviously manipulated vocals, and a little frustrated that no one else seems to hear (or care about) the robotic-ness of it all.
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And I'm not really talking about the hip-hop/dance music... at least the electronic instrumentation in those genres lends itself a little better to mechanical sounding voices. Plus, they're not trying to fool anyone into thinking that's how they sound when they sing.
But then a song like Train's "Hey Soul Sister" comes on and tries to pass itself off as something natural when it's the most processed shlock I've ever heard. I remember Train from ten years ago - "Meet Virginia" - Dude has never sounded as good as his record label is making him sound now.
I know ranting about pop music is something you normally grow out of at 14, but I feel like I'm being lied to when I hear a song that has such obviously manipulated vocals, and a little frustrated that no one else seems to hear (or care about) the robotic-ness of it all.
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