And today's leaked solo vocal track is from... SMASHMOUTH

kdarr · Post by **kdarr** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:06 am

You know you want to listen. IT BECKONS.

http://www.andiamnotlying.com/2008/wors ... cal-track/

Boy, that Steve Harwell... he sure has a, um, voice. Doesn't he?

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Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:20 am

Brett Siler · Post by **Brett Siler** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:20 pm

fucking disgusting

JohnDavisNYC · Post by **JohnDavisNYC** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:30 am

wow.... that is priceless!

now that is how you record a competetive record!

john

Rodgre · Post by **Rodgre** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:51 am

I'm no Smashmouth fan, but I don't get what is so bad about this. Seriously. Other than the edit that needs to be cleaned up in the chorus that's been cut and pasted, it sounds pretty standard to me. Sorry, this is no Tape of Only Linda.

I'm surprised how little headphone bleed there is actually.

Roger

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:54 am

The performance is downright butt-clenching.

kdarr · Post by **kdarr** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:27 am

Rodgre wrote:I'm no Smashmouth fan, but I don't get what is so bad about this. Seriously. Other than the edit that needs to be cleaned up in the chorus that's been cut and pasted, it sounds pretty standard to me. Sorry, this is no Tape of Only Linda.

I'm surprised how little headphone bleed there is actually.

Roger

I dunno Roger... I'm not sure how much I like hearing the snot inside that guy's sinus cavity from all the heavy (and SLOW) compression on that vocal.

It's really not as bad as Linda though, you're right. The editing is actually pretty bad overall - ghost doubles on the entrances, a number of clicks and pops - it surprises me that what is ostensibly an expensive, major-label recording would have such flagrant errors.

...although it probably shouldn't.

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;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:47 am

What's this Linda business? Is there a Linda Ronstadt solo'd vocal track making the rounds or something?

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:55 am

Lovely Linda McCartney's live vocal tracks, I believe.

Alex Netick · Post by **Alex Netick** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:29 pm

Coming to the dude's defense .... Granted the music sucks, but it's no worse than, say, some stupid 60's vocal track about middle eastern religion or everybody needing love or whatever. I remember watching The Kids are Allright and Peter Townsend saying on the interview about how lousy the Beatles vocals were without the music. The smashmouth dude at least sounds like he does on the record (which I never listened to, except for about 3 seconds on the radio, until I quickly turned the station).

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:53 pm

Ummm... I don't think that the Beatles (well... sorry Ringo) were bad singers. Isolated tracks sound strange, yes, but that dude from Smashmouth leaves something to be desired. Although, there is no Autotune, right? That's saying something.

Jeff

Colin F. · Post by **Colin F.** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:28 pm

I'm really not a Smashmouth fan at all, but at least you can hear that this guy is really going for it and giving it everything that he's got. People generally respond well to that type of energy in a performance and that could explain why they've sold as many records as they have.

Alex Netick · Post by **Alex Netick** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:53 pm

Yeah -- the dude's definitely not in the same class as the Beatles, but as I said, he sounds about as mediocre as he does on the record, which is about as good/bad as most pop singers. There aren't too many rock singers who can really sing all that great, anyway, and I'd say that Smashmouth dudes probably about in the middle of the talent scale for crappy flash-in-the-pan pop singers.

ipressrecord wrote:Ummm... I don't think that the Beatles (well... sorry Ringo) were bad singers. Isolated tracks sound strange, yes, but that dude from Smashmouth leaves something to be desired. Although, there is no Autotune, right? That's saying something.

Jeff

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:57 am

Colin F. wrote:I'm really not a Smashmouth fan at all, but at least you can hear that this guy is really going for it and giving it everything that he's got. People generally respond well to that type of energy in a performance and that could explain why they've sold as many records as they have.

Yes, that is fair enough.

Rufer · Post by **Rufer** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:09 am

The solo'd track doesn't highlight bad singing so much as stupid lyrics.

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