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| From | Brian Curtis <brioohs@sbcglobal.net> |
| Subject | Re: Falsetto falsies |
| Date | Sun, 08 Feb 2004 12:13:28 -0600 |
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on 2/8/04 10:00 AM, audities-owner@smoe.org at audities-owner@smoe.org
wrote:
> From: "Brad Harvey" <billionbrads@att.net>
> To: <audities@smoe.org>
> Subject: Falsetto falsies
> Message-ID: <000601c3ee42$8baf9ca0$c8f64c0c@computer>
>
>>> Does anyone remember an old (70s) tune called "Sylvia" by a band called
>>> Focus? Mainly instrumental in nature, the ditty features a middle bit
>>> where a guy starts singing "La la la la, la , laaaaa" in a
> ball-screeching
>>> falsetto.
>
> The only track I remember is their instrumental, "Hocus Pocus", which was
> deranged enough for me--same number of background tonsils.
>
> Brad Harvey
I certainly remember "Sylvia," which is mainly guitar melody driven with
ballsy Hammond organ support, and just a couple transitional bridges that
feature the aforementioned falsetto. The voice is not mixed too forward,
but it is pretty warbly, similar to the yodeling on "Hocus Pocus."
Their album "Hamburger Concerto" featured a couple fun tracks, one of which
was an obvious attempt to reignite the "Hocus Pocus" formula minus the yodel
- the song titled "Harem Scarem." The other was a instrumental piece that
starts with piano & cathedral organ and morphs into a laid back jazz tune
with incredible jazz whistling. Yes, I said "whistling."
If you ask me, Trip Shakespeare had its' share of funky falsetto - but don't
get me wrong, I like Trip Shakespeare. (And I like The Darkness - probably
because it's so damn unlike anything else being played by current radio.)
Brioohs
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