A silly blog about silly discoveries in my favourite songs
The first time I listened to Hallelujah by Fit For Rivals, I was immediately distracted by how drunk Renee Phoenix sounds. Her voice itself sounds kind of ‘gravely’ in the way one would expect a voice to sound after drinking an amount of hard liqueur, and she’s somewhat out of time and slurring her speech….
When listening to Welcome to The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance, I noticed the distinctive hiss of a tape recording. Although tape was still relatively common in 2006, I found it to be a bit of a strange choice for a band with so many members, and a song with even more instruments. So,…