Originally Posted by Torch81:
“Agree with all that, especially the BIB's. The emotive and often fragile qualities of his voice (particularly in terms of whether he was going to hit the right note or not!) are what appealed to me at the time and for years he was by far and away my favourite singer. I still rate him high, but I'd rather hear Marc's voice of the 1980's over anything from the early 90's onwards anyday.
He did take and benefit from singing lessons from quite an early period, I think he started them around the 1984 period when Soft Cell disbanded. His voice was best for during the mid '80's where he patently sang better than he had previously and yet there was still an occasional 'vulnerable' type quality to it. Example - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVskg4lXOU4 That for me is an example of Marc Almond at his very best. Good song too, originally recorded by Cher back in the 1960's and released by Marc as a single in 1986. Sadly it just failed to make the top 40, peaking at No. 41 during a 5 week run.”
“Agree with all that, especially the BIB's. The emotive and often fragile qualities of his voice (particularly in terms of whether he was going to hit the right note or not!) are what appealed to me at the time and for years he was by far and away my favourite singer. I still rate him high, but I'd rather hear Marc's voice of the 1980's over anything from the early 90's onwards anyday.
He did take and benefit from singing lessons from quite an early period, I think he started them around the 1984 period when Soft Cell disbanded. His voice was best for during the mid '80's where he patently sang better than he had previously and yet there was still an occasional 'vulnerable' type quality to it. Example - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVskg4lXOU4 That for me is an example of Marc Almond at his very best. Good song too, originally recorded by Cher back in the 1960's and released by Marc as a single in 1986. Sadly it just failed to make the top 40, peaking at No. 41 during a 5 week run.”
Yes Torch81, i enjoyed that clip. Marc's voice hasn't really changed significantly over the years, aside from his use of technique (his tone is still the same), but back in those earlier times, Marc's singing had the ability to give me goosebumps at odd unexpected moments. In more recent times, i have seen him in several tv appearances, and although his singing has remained impressive, i was waiting for the hairs to stand up on the back of my neck, but that never came. I suppose there has always been a sort of campy homosexual vunerability to Marc's voice, that has always been appealing. Although he still has that in this tone, many of his mannerisms have been somewhat ironed out, which i think seems a great shame, because that was always part of his individuality. It can certainly be heard clearly in ''Bedsitter'', ''Say Hello, Wave Goodbye'', and ''Torch''. Technique certainly isn't everything.
We've got a few good looking bits coming up on the early though.
