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Why do Brits sing with American accents?
by rebel8 15 Replies latest social entertainment
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quietlyleaving
rebel - thats a good question - I'm not sure I should guess on such a delicate issue, but was wondering if stretching the vowels somehow enhances feeling. You know what, this may also be part of the reason that Americans are seen as more friendly than Brits. For example if one says love in a clipped accent it can sound like a bark
whereas luurve sounds welcoming and expansive - just my 2 cents
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rebel8
I'm not sure I should guess on such a delicate issue
Ditto. I'm sure I will be branded a troll and voted off the island for asking this question. LOL
srsly if anyone is offended by this then they need to lighten up! It's just a fluff thread.
In the Britain's Got Talent videos from last week, the two popular contestants sing as though they're American and speak as though they're Brits. I've seen this before, obviously not every singer does it, but it's weird!
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Big Tex
I don't think so at all. Listen to the Beatles and then listen to Americans sing Beatles songs in "Across the Universe". There is a definite difference when the Americans sing "Hey Jude". Not just pronunciation but tonal quality as well.
And the gal who sang "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miz was clearly a Brit.
But what do I know?
Chris
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undercover
I always thought that in most pop music singing styles, one's accent was mostly undetectable. That's why in a lot of pop songs, you don't know the person's American, Canadian, Brit, Irish, etc. until they speak.
Even inside the US, accents change from region to region, state to state, county to county. Yet, when they sing you can't tell, in most cases if the singer is from the South, North or from CA.
Of course, this doesn't apply to all styles of singing or music. Like Chris noted, you can tell that the Beatles are British, Liverpudlian even, on some of their tracks. Some Southern rock band lead singers have a distinctive Southern drawl, like the late Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Sometimes the opposite is true though. Traditional music is usually identifiable by not only the style of the music but by the accent of the singer. Appalachian mountain music, Celtic music, Reggae are examples.
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wary
Hell, I dont know!
Why do 'Green Day' sing with Brit accents ?
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kurtbethel
I am still ponder why Rick Astley.
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John Doe
Don't know, but I love the way she says "can't."
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FlyingHighNow
Shocking Blue and Golden Earring are Netherlanders. If you listen closely , you can hear them struggle to pronounce words in English. Los Bravos who kicked 60's butts with Black is Black, listen closley to the phrase, "Since she went away. Oh no." I didn't know at the time that any of the groups were not American. And Ma Belle Amie by Tee Set? I had no idea that they were also Dutch. The Ramones often sound BRitish and so do a lot of the 80's new wave singers.