joe frady
Vile Refusenik
Well, I know it's over is something more than a good song, IMO (maybe my fav, but everyone has its own). But even not judging the song, but just the vocal performance, should we talk about "oh mother I can feel the soil falling over my heeead oh oh oh oh"....? It still makes me cry, always.
It used to make me cry, but now it makes me laugh
"It's Not Your Birthday Anymore" features one of the most chilling vocals I've ever heard (from anyone). He purrs so seductively on that song, reels you in and then attacks, and those ungodly howls of pain? remorse? pleasure? all three? It's horrifying. He's spent so many years telling us that he's a freezingly cold soul, and those vocals make me believe it.
Precisely this. An astonishing vocal. For me his singing just improves with age. With this song you don't know whether to run toward him, arms thrown wide, or run a mile.
Are we talking with auto tune or without?
Because I think 'It's Not Your Birthday Anymore' is his finest vocal performance but I'm not sure how honest it is.
I disagree. I don't think it's been auto-tuned.