It's not so much the genre as it is that he won't just *pick* a genre, isn't it?
Very true. His stuff is all over the map, isn't it? Listen to it and you can hear Willie Nelson and Gordon Lightfoot and Leonard Cohen and and and... I want him to find his own musical voice.
he and David Keeley need to find a better way to pick their lead vocals
From what I understand, most of the time they each sing lead on their own compositions (though at least some songs, including "Two Houses", are joint compositions). But occasionally they swap, or at least we know of two songs of Paul's on which David has sung lead.
Paul has said that he doesn't think he has a particularly good voice and that his voice limits the sort of songs he can perform to those with a limited range ("no high arching ballads") and "just kind of grumbly songs" -- those are direct quotes. Which, I believe, is why David sings "Cherry Beach" and "The Other Side of Life" even though both were written by Paul.
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29/4/07 04:05 (UTC)Very true. His stuff is all over the map, isn't it? Listen to it and you can hear Willie Nelson and Gordon Lightfoot and Leonard Cohen and and and... I want him to find his own musical voice.
he and David Keeley need to find a better way to pick their lead vocals
From what I understand, most of the time they each sing lead on their own compositions (though at least some songs, including "Two Houses", are joint compositions). But occasionally they swap, or at least we know of two songs of Paul's on which David has sung lead.
Paul has said that he doesn't think he has a particularly good voice and that his voice limits the sort of songs he can perform to those with a limited range ("no high arching ballads") and "just kind of grumbly songs" -- those are direct quotes. Which, I believe, is why David sings "Cherry Beach" and "The Other Side of Life" even though both were written by Paul.