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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Buzz Grudge:
Pattycakes, I appreciate your opinion but with all due respect, your logic is flawed. If we were to apply your logic to the world of music, no one could ever sing a song written by someone else because there is no way they could actually "feel" the song completely the way it was written. They'd have to apply their own filters and imagine how they would feel in that situation, then try to apply that to their performance.

In fact, this is exactly what they do - like actors, singers are performers. They interpret moods, feelings and indeed "characters" (in the songs) and try to convey them to their audience. Some are just a lot better than others at doing it.

For example, let's compare two versions of the same song, "How Do I Live." One version was released by Trisha Yearwood and the other version was released by Leann Rimes (neither one of them wrote the song btw).

Listen to these two versions and tell me who you think conveys the emotion and meaning of the song best. I think it's safe to say that both are comparable singers from a technical point of view but for my money, Trisha sings that song like she has felt those feelings before. Leann sings it like it's just another day on the job (yet technically sings it very well). And again, neither of them wrote it but only one of them can make me feel it.

Are either of them being phoney? I don't think so. One is just better than the other at tapping into the song's meaning and conveying it to me. The same is true of all performers. If they can make you *feel* it, they have done a great job regardless of how they did it. And in order to accomplish that, they have to pretend to be what they are not on some level. That is what separates the good ones from the great ones.

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You don't have to fake an accent to feel or sing another persons song? When I sing a James Taylor or Billy Joel song my accent comes out, That's because it's my natural voice, I couldn't not avoid if I tried.

As far as Diane Warrens "How do I live" goes, lyrically not my favorite song (can anyone say Cliche) but I've Always liked Leann's version better, both the production and vocals. Neither one is faking an accent.