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Originally Posted by smopo24
I totally forgot about Leonard Cohen! Kudos to you for bringing him up! That's a perfect comparison! I feel the same way about Lou Reed and Elvis Costello. They may not have great vocal abilities, but I think that the way they sing suits their songs and helps to tell the tale.
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Yeah have to agree here as well. The thing Ive noticed is that with voices like those when they do in fact attempt to sing in a more "melodic" fashion ie. Velvet Underground's Sunday Morning or Dylan's Nashville Skyline album you can tell they can sing in beautiful voices. However, what makes them unique is their own natural voices which convey so much better through their own music. Just listen to most Dylan covers out there. I mean most people fail miserably to capture what makes the original unique and it's the whole package, music, voice etc.