SaintOfVirtue Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9-CS2v8wcc[/media] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slhhg8sI6Ds[/media] I win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 (edited) Plus one for castrati. ...and actual musical talent/skill. Edited June 4, 2010 by USAirwaysIHS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintOfVirtue Posted June 4, 2010 Author Share Posted June 4, 2010 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='03 June 2010 - 09:54 PM' timestamp='1275627291' post='2123516'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slhhg8sI6Ds[/media] I win. [/quote] I think my ears are bleeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 [quote name='USAirwaysIHS' date='04 June 2010 - 12:02 AM' timestamp='1275627773' post='2123520'] Plus one for castrati. ...and actual musical talent/skill. [/quote] Yea, I think it's pretty intense, even if it's a little more operatic than I'm used to. [quote name='SaintOfVirtue' date='04 June 2010 - 12:05 AM' timestamp='1275627928' post='2123523'] I think my ears are bleeding. [/quote] Shush, hater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintOfVirtue Posted June 4, 2010 Author Share Posted June 4, 2010 Don't get me wrong, I like the song, but I prefer it when the person can actually sing it. That sounds like a dog sitting on a ham slicer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 (edited) Bear in mind, the recording is more than 100 years old, recorded in 1904 (Moreschi died in 1922...factoid: he was the only castrato ever to make a recording). Recording quality was less than superb then. Edited June 4, 2010 by USAirwaysIHS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintOfVirtue Posted June 4, 2010 Author Share Posted June 4, 2010 [quote name='USAirwaysIHS' date='03 June 2010 - 10:15 PM' timestamp='1275628530' post='2123527'] Bear in mind, the recording is more than 100 years old, recorded in 1904 (Moreschi died in 1922...factoid: he was the only castrato ever to make a recording). Recording quality was less than superb then. [/quote] Well, that's another thing entirely. I guess that makes it a win on the classical card, and vintage record card. But I still find his voice irritating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missionseeker Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 [quote name='SaintOfVirtue' date='04 June 2010 - 12:11 AM' timestamp='1275628296' post='2123526'] That sounds like a dog sitting on a ham slicer. [/quote] well... duh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tink Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 I love Nick Patera. (Pitera?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 [quote name='SaintOfVirtue' date='04 June 2010 - 12:11 AM' timestamp='1275628296' post='2123526'] Don't get me wrong, I like the song, but I prefer it when the person can actually sing it. That sounds like a dog sitting on a ham slicer. [/quote] [quote name='USAirwaysIHS' date='04 June 2010 - 12:15 AM' timestamp='1275628530' post='2123527'] Bear in mind, the recording is more than 100 years old, recorded in 1904 (Moreschi died in 1922...factoid: he was the only castrato ever to make a recording). Recording quality was less than superb then. [/quote] Additionally, as I've heard before, singing styles were rather different when this guy was at his prime. There are aspects of it that some of us might consider "sloppy" now, that were actually considered the height of skill in his time. Changing tastes, more than anything. What do you think people are going to say about Mariah Carey's singing in a century or two? History isn't kind to trends, no matter how highly they're regarded at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tink Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 He's not a castrata, but I lovelovelove the russian singer Vitas. Look up his "Opera #2" on Youtube... it is AMAZING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laetitia crucis Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 I have to admit... I was pretty impressed by this one: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlRGidTBCPU&feature=player_embedded[/media] Now... if he could get Mariah's super-super-high register... that would be "Whoa." Perhaps a bizarre "whoa". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKolbe Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 he kinda sounds like era might.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not A Mallard Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 The ability to sing in male and female voices is amazing! He must have gotten it from the last eclipse! (Ha ha, Heroes reference...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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