Inspired partly by Barty's Migos thread and partly by a mate sending me this compelling Eek A Mouse impression last night:
What are people's favourite examples of songs where the voice breaks down, escapes the suffocating cage of meaning and does something else entirely?
Vocal textures rather than clever lyrics - which I think is an inescapably rockist notion. I was going to try and make the argument that this is a black music thing but then I remembered Tim Buckley and the Cocteau Twins. Was on the fence about including The Fat Boys as beatboxing is really just substitute percussion/imitation rather than pushing the outer limits of vocal range but I don't know.
That Horseman track slips back into meaning and out again. The best bits of the song are those which lack meaning and surrender to nonsense though.
Thoughts? I can accept my basic field of enquiry is poorly defined so help me define it.
What are people's favourite examples of songs where the voice breaks down, escapes the suffocating cage of meaning and does something else entirely?
Vocal textures rather than clever lyrics - which I think is an inescapably rockist notion. I was going to try and make the argument that this is a black music thing but then I remembered Tim Buckley and the Cocteau Twins. Was on the fence about including The Fat Boys as beatboxing is really just substitute percussion/imitation rather than pushing the outer limits of vocal range but I don't know.
That Horseman track slips back into meaning and out again. The best bits of the song are those which lack meaning and surrender to nonsense though.
Thoughts? I can accept my basic field of enquiry is poorly defined so help me define it.