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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (10 children)

she sings hella good

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

I'm pretty confident you're joking, I know you know this type of music haha, but just in case for anyone who sees this because when I first heard this band I said/thought the same thing too tbh, the singer of this band was also the singer of Saosin. He is Anthony Green (and no, he's not a female to male tranny, he has a wife and two children despite sounding like a eunuch lmfao): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Green_(musician)

He has a rare vocal range and natural voice.

The style of singing that he does naturally without trying is actually a skill that takes people many years to acquire; it's calling "flawlessly singing head/mixed pushed falsetto", which is more common among female singers but still difficult to achieve due to pushing your vocals out through your throat with gentle force and contracting your vocal chords precisely, rather than them coming from your chest and lungs. Having this technique down is called using head/mixed voice; 90% of modern male singers use their chest voice.

See here:

https://www.wikihow.com/Sing-Falsetto

https://ramseyvoice.com/head-voice-falsetto/ (There's some debate over Head Voice and Falsetto being different, some people called it "mixed voice" which is hard to do flawlessly and that's just his natural voice combined with how he started singing lol) https://www.reddit.com/r/singing/comments/2uarto/falsetto_feels_forced/

The style in which he sings, a pushed, head voice falsetto, is incredibly hard to do. Instead of singing regularly from your chest, you tighten your vocal chords precisely and use your throat as the chamber and filter for your oxygen to sing, rather than your chest/lungs. This band will be remembered as one of the few good bands from the myspace era. If they came out in the late 60's people would call them progressive rock.

Think of Tiny Tim, he was a falsetto (albeit bad one lol), he wasn't a natural, classical and flawless pushed falsetto like Anthony Green is. Anthony Green could sing classical era music live and it would sound beautiful lol.

Today everyone learns!

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

Shit I honestly thought it was a woman. But he honestly sounds awesome and unique. Shit this happened when I first heard Rush too. Maybe I'm half deaf :D

Thanks for keeping us old folks in the loop.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

Damn, I don't think I've ever seen anyone share a Rush song here, Rush is pretty dope tbh. I didn't like them when I was younger (dad moosic), but I like all genre's of music now as long as it sounds good and I can relate/move to it.

And lmfao, I didn't either! When I first heard this song when I was 13/14, I was either at a friend's house or talking to them on AIM, because they sent me a YT link to an interview with Anthony Green. I couldn't believe that voice was coming out of that man.

Dude had a short haircut with a fade, and a full beard and looked like a lumber jack lol. Nothing physically feminine about him at all, but his signing is very feminine, I actually like that about his art.

Edit: btw, I think the real pandemic is an age virus (half kidding.. i think the isolation is affecting people's sense and awareness of time.. it's rly fuking with ppl psychologically). I swear 2 god, everyone around me is calling themselves "old" all of the sudden. I'm in my twenties, am I old? lol I feel the zoomer/millenial/boomer thing is truly confusing people, if you go to some websites it'll say I'm a millennial, if I go to another I'm a zoomer, I'm a 90's baby.

Honestly.. do the math. The majority/at least half of the people born in the 90's are just hitting their 20's or getting towards the middle of it and haven't turned/aren't near 30 (1/3 are still in school, 1/3 can't find well paying jobs, and at the higher range of 90's babies (born in the early 90's), their ages range from like 27-31 - a lot of these people aren't married and 2/3rds of them still live at home lol).

At that Travis Scott festival, one of the people who died was 27-years-old (they'd be considered part of the older 90's babies); that shows you the mindset of current 20 year-olds (not only that - the culture - they listen to the same music as "zoomers", grew up on the same music, same games, everything was the same - yet we treat these as two different generations?), as well as with the current financial, economic situation taken into mind? The media acts like we have 10-12 year-old children and comment on our parenting styles lmfao! Those are the children of generation x! The majority of 90's babies haven't gotten married or had children yet; the majority haven't hit 30 yet.

But really, do the math, you'll see 90% of people considered "millennials"/born in the 90's aren't close to, or are 30 yet.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I'm a casual Rush listener. Their radio hits were enough for me I guess. But their drummer or former deceased drummer is widely regarded as top 5 ever. They have some zany deep shit that I hope to rummage through someday.

And lmfao, I didn't either!

Whew, I don't feel like such a scumbag after accidentally insulting Circa Survive. I agree, he doesn't look feminine at all. There was some other more popular band with a singer like this... fuck I forget their name but I ruined one of their live set finales once by being too stoned to hoist the guy up into the handicap section when he tried to walk straight uphill. My party had a service dog and shit, I's chillin. Some band like Muse or Tame Impala.

but his signing is very feminine, I actually like that about his art

I dig it. My bro Maynard Keenan started a whole feminine band on purpose. A Perfect Circle. Meh. I like the Violent Femmes.

I swear 2 god, everyone around me is calling themselves "old" all of the sudden. I'm in my twenties, am I old?

Fuck, guilty as charged. But goddamn it I lived it. Don't diet, live it. You're not old until you're 27.

The media acts like we have 10-12 year-old children and comment on our parenting styles lmfao! Those are the children of generation x!

Touche my man. This would be a good essay. I hit 40 and I'm still dumb as rocks. Supremely under-qualified. But my kids will be in the militia, no pussy C02 shit.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

fuck I forget their name but I ruined one of their live set finales once by being too stoned to hoist the guy up into the handicap section when he tried to walk straight uphill. My party had a service dog and shit, I's chillin. Some band like Muse or Tame Impala.

😂

damn, haven't thought of/listened to them forever lol thanks for the reminder

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The band I fucked up is Silversun Pickups. This guy sings very uniquely too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-mxBDuRaZ8

[–]Node 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

I'm in my twenties, am I old?

People are kids until somewhere around 40-45, +/-. Then they're adults for 20-30 years before hitting OAF status.

Unofficial scale, but pretty accurate. lol

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

You're a wise old bastard Node

[–]Node 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Opinionated and somewhat knowledgeable, but wise might be a stretch. I have been around for awhile though. You pick up on a lot the short-timers miss.