Is it just me hearing it wonky or was Jason Aldean singing flat on his SNL Petty tribute?
It kinda hurt my ears.
It kinda hurt my ears.
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viribus
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Interesting you bring this up because I thought he was flat through most of the performance. I don't know anything about him so can't say if this was normal for him or an anomaly. I would assume anomaly.
At least he wasn't autotuned.
The video won't show in my country. Oh well. The cowboy hat tells me I'm probably not interested anyway. 
maybe he couldn't hear himself well in his IEMs. Jason is a good singer but
that just seemed a bit off. The mix seemed to be getting dialed in as the performance
went along too.
that just seemed a bit off. The mix seemed to be getting dialed in as the performance
went along too.
nutdog
when I'm a good dog they sometimes throw me a bone
When I heard clips on the news I was thinking, "why is this guy famous?" Maybe he was having monitor issues.
Completely irrelevant to the discussion but what's with the barefoot steel guitarist?
I hope the guy's stomp-boxes are padded!
I hope the guy's stomp-boxes are padded!
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The singing seemed flat to me as well. A mention of Tom would've been nice too. But all in all a nice tribute.
I only listened to the first verse, but when he went for the highest note in the melody he was definitely flat. The rest of the melody sounded like he was on pitch. Kind of a strange quirk, I've heard other singers with this issue.
As an aside, singing like Tom Petty is not as easy as it might sound. In my better days I could come close, even nailed the inflections, but not so much as I get older. We have a TP tribute band here in town, and the singer is really struggling, I hate to say he's almost the weak link. TP was deceptively musical and pitch-accurate with his delivery (long before Auto-tune was even a thing). You can really appreciate it when someone tries to cover his music.
As an aside, singing like Tom Petty is not as easy as it might sound. In my better days I could come close, even nailed the inflections, but not so much as I get older. We have a TP tribute band here in town, and the singer is really struggling, I hate to say he's almost the weak link. TP was deceptively musical and pitch-accurate with his delivery (long before Auto-tune was even a thing). You can really appreciate it when someone tries to cover his music.
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No, that one doesn't work either. NBC really doesn't want their videos to be shown in Canada, apparently. Thanks for trying though!
I loved the fact that he (they) did that, but yeah, not anywhere close to Tom singing it.
First try to sing like Dylan, then turn up the dry blend knob.
He sounded fine to me, but I'm not a musician.
Reminder to self: Never play or sing in public, not ever...
Reminder to self: Never play or sing in public, not ever...
Yeah, a lot of people tend to forget that early in his career, Bob Dylan could carry a tune pretty darn good too.
staurosjohn
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Dang, somebody please buy them some groove...
I mean, if you're going to cover a song recorded by some of the most influential figures in rock, it should at least feel good.
I mean, if you're going to cover a song recorded by some of the most influential figures in rock, it should at least feel good.
I've never thought of him to be a very good vocalist myself....As well as most of the current "Nashville" guys....They all sound flat to me...But just my opinion !!!