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Post by bksouthga on Jan 6, 2016 23:59:01 GMT -5
I was listening to "Stay a Little Longer" by Brothers Osborne and one thing I thought about was how well it has done despite being fairly difficult to sing along with. I seem to have trouble remembering all of the lyrics in order when it gets to the b-section and chorus. What are some other songs that you have had difficulty singing along with? One obvious one for me was always "Sold (the Grundy County Auction)" by John Michael Montgomery. I take pride in being able to sing it but it took a lot of practice!
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 7, 2016 0:10:42 GMT -5
One obvious one for me was always "Sold (the Grundy County Auction)" by John Michael Montgomery. I take pride in being able to sing it but it took a lot of practice! I know every word to "Sold"...and "No News" by Lonestar...along with "I Try To Think About Elvis"/"Blame It On Your Heart" by Patty Loveless. :) If we're talking about faced paced lyrics, then "Nothin' To Lose" by Josh Gracin comes to mind. I usually have no problem with those myself. If you listen to it enough times, it comes pretty natural. The only ones I have some trouble with are those Martina/Carrie belt-songs, since even though I think I have a passable voice (at least I think I do, lol), there's no way in heck I could ever dream hitting the notes in "Something In The Water", "Blown Away", "Whatever You Say" or "How Far"...though I don't particularly care for that last one, lol. |
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Post by bksouthga on Jan 7, 2016 0:25:23 GMT -5
^yeah, me neither! I just sing harmony on those!
This could be for any reason: fast lyrics ("Ain't Going Down Til the Sun Comes Up" maybe?), range, melody, whatever.
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Post by bboat11 on Jan 7, 2016 0:55:13 GMT -5
For me the Martina/Carrie belt songs are my bread and butter! Lol I have a low voice (basically the exact same range as Josh Turner), so female songs are almost always perfect for me if I sing them an octave lower. And the lower-voiced males like Josh, Trace Adkins, Chris Young, etc. are usually perfect for me (although Chris has a VERY strong high range... There is usually at least one note in each of his songs that I struggle with).
I also have no trouble at all with with huge sustained notes that Martina puts at the end of "A Broken Wing", "Whatever You Say", and "Anyway", or like the middle of "There You Are". Or even Carrie's "Jesus, Take The Wheel", "Just A Dream", etc. If you watch videos of people covering those songs, it seems that NOBODY can sustain the notes like Martina and Carrie, which is very amusing :) I guess I must just have strong lungs from being a Martina fan for so long, as well as growing up playing the baritone sax. Even "Ain't Goin' Down Til The Sun Comes Up", where it seems like Garth breathes about 5 times in the entire song, is just fine for me, although it is definitely a challenging song.
The songs I have the most trouble with are the tenors and higher-voiced baritones, such as Tim McGraw. The verses will usually be too low to sound good an octave lower, but then the choruses get way too high for me sing well.
However, my range is improving! George Strait used to be too high for me, and now I can nail basically any of his songs (singles AND album tracks). I will never be able to touch someone like Gary LeVox or Vince Gill though (although their voices are so high that their songs are basically perfect an octave lower anyway :) )
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Post by g8erboi on Jan 7, 2016 8:44:55 GMT -5
Usually when a song reaches the Top 20, I know the lyrics like the back of my hand. Yet after hearing it so many times, I still can't sing along to Mr. Misunderstood.
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Post by Andy on Jan 7, 2016 18:45:55 GMT -5
Hank Snow - I've Been Everywhere
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2016 18:57:20 GMT -5
Garth Brooks- "Ain't Goin' Down Til The Sun Comes Up"
Hayes Carll- "KMAG YOYO"
Corb Lund- "Mein Deutsches Motorrad"
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 7, 2016 19:35:05 GMT -5
Sunny Sweeney - "If I Could"
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Post by Kentucky25 on Jan 7, 2016 21:17:45 GMT -5
One obvious one for me was always "Sold (the Grundy County Auction)" by John Michael Montgomery. I take pride in being able to sing it but it took a lot of practice! I know every word to "Sold"...and "No News" by Lonestar...along with "I Try To Think About Elvis"/"Blame It On Your Heart" by Patty Loveless. :) If we're talking about faced paced lyrics, then "Nothin' To Lose" by Josh Gracin comes to mind. I usually have no problem with those myself. If you listen to it enough times, it comes pretty natural. The only ones I have some trouble with are those Martina/Carrie belt-songs, since even though I think I have a passable voice (at least I think I do, lol), there's no way in heck I could ever dream hitting the notes in "Something In The Water", "Blown Away", "Whatever You Say" or "How Far"...though I don't particularly care for that last one, lol. "Nothin' to Lose" gets me every time. |
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jan 7, 2016 23:06:46 GMT -5
I'm a bit of a mushmouth, but I can actually do "Nothin' to Lose". And "Country Rock Star", also from Marcel's "ludicrous speed" style of songwriting. But not "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies.
I have a hard time with Rascal Flatts songs because of how high-pitched and warbly Gary can get. I'm a low tenor, and I'm pretty sure I can sing "What Hurts the Most" TWO octaves lower than Gary. And don't get me started on the second key change of "Summer Nights", where even HE is too high for his range. However, I can screech out "BOB THAT HEAD!!!!!!" like a pro.
I would say "Would You Go with Me" is a tricky sing-along because of how wide a range it has. The note on "If we rolled from town to town and never shut it down" is a basso-profundo note, whereas the chorus is falsetto, and not many people can do both.
"Unbelieveable" by Diamond Rio has both a huge range AND a very fast pace, and it's pretty tricky for me.
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Post by kw9461 on Jan 7, 2016 23:16:41 GMT -5
See, the rapid fire songs like Nothin' To Lose (or any Marcel song really) or Sold are the easiest to remember for me. It's the songs with weak melody's that I always struggle with. Chris Young's "Tomorrow" comes to mind. Fine lyrics and vocals, but the weak melody makes me forget the words every time.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jan 7, 2016 23:19:21 GMT -5
See, the rapid fire songs like Nothin' To Lose (or any Marcel song really) or Sold are the easiest to remember for me. It's the songs with weak melody's that I always struggle with. Chris Young's "Tomorrow" comes to mind. Fine lyrics and vocals, but the weak melody makes me forget the words every time. Likewise with me and nearly any Casey Beathard-written song in the past decade. It took me FOREVER to remember ANYthing from "Just Fishin'". I kept going "wait, what song is this again?" every single time I heard it until it peaked. The hamfisted production didn't help. |
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Post by bksouthga on Jan 7, 2016 23:40:25 GMT -5
See, the rapid fire songs like Nothin' To Lose (or any Marcel song really) or Sold are the easiest to remember for me. It's the songs with weak melody's that I always struggle with. Chris Young's "Tomorrow" comes to mind. Fine lyrics and vocals, but the weak melody makes me forget the words every time. Yeah, I know what you mean. I think that's one reason why I have a little trouble with "Stay a Little Longer". I really like the song but it does have some repetitive melodic elements. By contrast, take "The Man In Love With You" from George Strait. This song is one of the more complex country songs melodically and harmonically that I know. But it doesn't give me any trouble at all. Same with several of George's from that period (Chill of an Early Fall, You're Something Special to Me, So Much Like My Dad). MAN THOSE ARE ALL GREAT SONGS! But if you really want to challenge yourself, pull out the "Stardust" album and sing the Great American Songbook with Willie. Somewhere along the way, American pop music made a major shift from harmonic and melodic complexity to rhythmic complexity. Seems like these days maybe they've just abandoned complexity entirely! |
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Post by Andy on Jan 8, 2016 20:07:28 GMT -5
It's already been mentioned but "Ain't Goin' Down 'Til the Sun Comes Up" gets me every time. I've been listening to Garth Brooks singles for as long as I can remember, and I know all the words to the song, but always manage to flub it in short order.
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Post by onebuffalo on Jan 9, 2016 11:59:51 GMT -5
I'd Love To Lay You Down was difficult at first, but over the years, I've learned to sing it differently. No problems now, but still can not sound like Twitty.
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Post by codyj100 on Jan 9, 2016 19:35:59 GMT -5
"What A Way (To Wanna Be Be)" - Shania Twain (off of Up!). I literally have listened to that song about five hundred times in full and the other day, I went back to the booklet and went OHHHH that's what she's saying. It's Shania and I was six or seven when the album came out, so I guess I made up my own lyrics and they stuck. Then, the other day I was singing something completely different. She sings it at such a rapid pace and the words seem meshed together.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jan 9, 2016 21:02:25 GMT -5
I have trouble sometimes with "Swimming in Champagne" by Eric Heatherly. It's in 7/8, so the beats fall in very odd spots. One of very few country songs I can think of with such an unusual time signature.
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Post by bksouthga on Jan 9, 2016 21:35:30 GMT -5
I have trouble sometimes with "Swimming in Champagne" by Eric Heatherly. It's in 7/8, so the beats fall in very odd spots. One of very few country songs I can think of with such an unusual time signature. I'll have to check that one out. Technically it's not as rare as you might think. There have been a number of songs over the past five years that have incorporated it, although in all of these it manifests itself in the form of alternating measures of 3 and 4. Some I can think of right off hand: "Cowboys and Angels" - Dustin Lynch "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" - Tim Mcgraw "Burning House" - Cam Anybody think of any others? |
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jan 10, 2016 0:25:37 GMT -5
I have trouble sometimes with "Swimming in Champagne" by Eric Heatherly. It's in 7/8, so the beats fall in very odd spots. One of very few country songs I can think of with such an unusual time signature. I'll have to check that one out. Technically it's not as rare as you might think. There have been a number of songs over the past five years that have incorporated it, although in all of these it manifests itself in the form of alternating measures of 3 and 4. Some I can think of right off hand: "Cowboys and Angels" - Dustin Lynch "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" - Tim Mcgraw "Burning House" - Cam Anybody think of any others? "Mine Would Be You" by Blake Shelton does the 4/4-3/4 thing too. Also "Just Might Have Her Radio On" by Trent Tomlinson IIRC. But 7/8 is a little different because of where the beats fall. It's more triplet-like: 1-2-3 4-5-6 7 / 1-2-3 4-5-6 7 / etc. |
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 6, 2016 23:13:21 GMT -5
Katrina Elam - "No End In Sight" or "Love Is"
I really enjoy "No End In Sight" but I cannot hit those notes if my life depended on it.
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 7, 2016 3:15:53 GMT -5
Katrina Elam - "No End In Sight" or "Love Is" I really enjoy "No End In Sight" but I cannot hit those notes if my life depended on it. Don't worry, I will never judge you for being unable to hit the same notes as a girl  |
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 7, 2016 12:52:42 GMT -5
bboat11 I don't see your avatar (and haven't for a few days). Am I the only one? 
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Post by MTSChart21 on Apr 7, 2016 12:55:23 GMT -5
bboat11 I don't see your avatar (and haven't for a few days). Am I the only one? I can't see it either |
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 7, 2016 13:56:14 GMT -5
bboat11 I don't see your avatar (and haven't for a few days). Am I the only one? How weird! I could still see it. Thanks for letting me know :) I think I just fixed it... Can you see it now? |
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 7, 2016 13:59:33 GMT -5
bboat11 I don't see your avatar (and haven't for a few days). Am I the only one? How weird! I could still see it. Thanks for letting me know :) I think I just fixed it... Can you see it now? Yep. Perfect! |
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Apr 7, 2016 22:15:17 GMT -5
Katrina Elam - "No End In Sight" or "Love Is" I really enjoy "No End In Sight" but I cannot hit those notes if my life depended on it. I believe you mean LOOOOOOOOOOVE IIIIIIIIIIIIIIS!!!!! (Seriously, most egregious belting this side of Martina. Ruins the song for me.) The high note I can't hit is "Just Another Day in Paradise": "Well, it's Okay, it's SO nice..." |
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