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Terrible diction...
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I've been enjoying Sia's album this past week, there are some great pop songs on there. However, I cannot understand half of what she's actually singing.
Her diction is some of the worst I've ever heard.
Are there any other bands/artists who have dreadful diction when they sing? Does it add to the song or detract from it?
Her diction is some of the worst I've ever heard.
Are there any other bands/artists who have dreadful diction when they sing? Does it add to the song or detract from it?
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Ruins everything
Anyway... I love Britney but sometimes I find it hard to understand what she's singing. The end results can be quite hilarious though Whenever I'm listening to Radar I start singing Operator because one of my friends said that's what it was.
YES!! I actually like Ariana Grande but her diction ruins most of her songs! It's not so bad on "problem" but "The Way" is just a shambles - impossible to understand anything she says in it!
I also think Pixie Lott has terrible diction in some of her songs, like she is singing with a huge smile on her face (if that makes sense!). "Cry me out" is just all mumbling to me!
http://youtu.be/X6ugjoH1xw8?t=5m50s
Yes, Pixie has awful diction.
Two other singers I love, however, seem to have gone the other way - James Dean Bradfield and Michael Stipe. They used to mumble/slur their words, I could barely understand a word they sang! These days though their diction is 100% better, lol.
Haha yeah I also notice she changes the pitch several times in most songs.
Really? I've never thought that about Demi, which songs?
Very annoying.
Give Your Heart a Break.
And it's a post I stan by as a fan of hers. Intentional, affectation or not there are times we she sounds simply lazy or just plain drink
West Coast sticks out in my mind. I still don't know what she says after the "parliament's on fire" line. Definitely need to spend an evening with Ultraviolence and a reputable lyrics site open.
On The Monster everyone thinks she's singing "well that's not fair" but it's actually "well that's nothing".
Also Disturbia, is it, "put on your brake lights", "put on your pretty lights", "put on your pretty lies" or something else .
And Drunk On Love, she sings, "I may be a little naive" but it sounds really strange. At first I thought it was "And maybe I'm not all I am"
Ariana Grande is another one. Problem is quite bad but especially Break Free, I couldn't understand a word the first time I heard it.