Best Beatles falsetto?
JohnB
singing "style" - who was the best at falsetto? There are plenty of
good examples in the Beatles catalogue (the Whooos in She Loves You) -
as well as the occasional awful example (Tell Me Why?)..
Rocket Scientist
Paul hands down.
I've always found Paul to have a great "high" singing voice that he
could use without it being "falsetto." I guess he has a great range
with songs like "Mother Nature's Son" and "I Will." Although I must
admit John could also sing high songs like "Love" and "Grow Old with
Me" but I still prefer Paul's singing in the high range.
If you want to restrict the discussion to only falsetto singing, Paul
usually has the high parts (like She Loves You, From Me to You, and I
Want to Hold Your Hand) so again, my answer would have to be Paul,
By the way, while George's singing range wasn't as big as Paul's, he
did have a naturally high singing voice. Ringo was the only one who
had a restricted singing range even though John once mentioned that he
gave George the song "Do You Want to Know a Secret" because it was an
easy song with very few notes and wasn't too difficult.
-H
who?
It's still hard for me to make up my my mind. They were
equal, IMO.
Fattuchus
I like the one in In My Life.
Fattuchus
> On Aug 3, 8:40 am, Rocket Scientist <hoaido...@altavista.com> wrote:
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> > On Aug 3, 8:05 am, JohnB <johnbo...@tinyworld.co.uk> wrote:
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> > > Seeing as we've discussed the best screaming, what about this other
> > > singing "style" - who was the best at falsetto? There are plenty of
> > > good examples in the Beatles catalogue (the Whooos in She Loves You) -
> > > as well as the occasional awful example (Tell Me Why?)..
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> > Paul hands down.
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> > I've always found Paul to have a great "high" singing voice that he
> > could use without it being "falsetto." I guess he has a great range
> > with songs like "Mother Nature's Son" and "I Will." Although I must
> > admit John could also sing high songs like "Love" and "Grow Old with
> > Me" but I still prefer Paul's singing in the high range.
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> > If you want to restrict the discussion to only falsetto singing, Paul
> > usually has the high parts (like She Loves You, From Me to You, and I
> > Want to Hold Your Hand) so again, my answer would have to be Paul,
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> primarily responsible for communicating that unique *enthusiasm*, the
> joyful puppy yelp, that the early Beatle stuff had.
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> He did do a kind of falsetto in "Here, There, and Everywhere"- or
> perhaps it was just some of those stylized vocals with almost
> barbershop flourishes he'd put on the "granny" songs. I have a
> personal theory that John was often trying to capture what _he_ had
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Yes . . . . makes me think of One Day at a Time.
jtees4
Yeah, Paul for sure when it comes to falsetto.
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iarwain
John had a better lower voice though, very resonant. For example, the
"I need a fix 'cause I'm going down" bit in Happiness is a Warm Gun.
topaz
I vote for Tiny Tim in Tiptoe Through the Tulips...oh wait, he wasn't
a Beatle, never mind :) I think one of my favorites is one of the
Beatles Christmas records where John is impersonating at least one
voice of Jasper and Potchy. And there is this fade out where these
two imaginary characters are trying to memorize "matches and
candles". One voice is very low saying "Matches" and the high
pitched voice says "Candles" as the piece fades out, and I have
wondered if John did both voices. The other one I really like is
"You know my name, look up the number". I am still guessing as to
which Beatle did which voice, but I think Paull did Denis O~Dell.
Here is Jasper and Potchy--I think it is Paul and John now that I hear
it again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltrg-WqJ9yA
Those Beatles and their funny voices!! They really wanted to make
people laugh and just enjoy the season
richforman
I don't know but I would very much think the other name is intended as
"Podgy," not "Potchy"!
richforman
ermitano
i have a good ear for timbre so i always know who is singing (except
for the aaaaah in A Day In The Life, you know)
although i have an awful ear for harmony and melodies.
it's obvious that Paul can sing higher than John, but the question is
about who have a best falsetto or who do you like most doing falsetto
voice.
the answer.. i don't know.. i like lennon doing falsetto in In My
Life.. and i like Paul doing his doo's in Mother Nature's Song.
my vote goes for John, cos the colour of his voice changed completely
when he's doing falsetto and he gets a real pleasant timbre.
topaz
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You could be correct, either way it is Beatles humor and they indeed
brought joy to so many people.
JohnB
My favourite bit is probably in Sun King, very smooth - and it's John,
of course.
