re: #41 Barefoot Grin

I’ve always wondered if there are certain tones that I just can’t hear right. For example, I cannot listen to Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You.” It always sounded slightly flat—off pitch. The same was always true for me of Charlie Daniels’ fiddle.

Anyway, RIP Mr. Daniels. You now have eternity to rage about Benghazi.

There’s a lot of singers who simply can’t sing on key and it drives me crazy. Some mask it with a lot of vibrato, which means they at least approach the note.

Granted there are some artists who can provide a wonderful performance while not singing on key, through emotional impact, but those are a minority (think Joe Cocker for an example).

But sadly I can’t tolerate many famous artists because they don’t sing on key. In a concert setting, the best I ever heard was kd lang years ago. Every note was right on. Pure pleasure, even though much of the material wasn’t to my taste.