jonpall Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Hi guys, I thought you might have fun to check out my few years old cover of Elton John's "Tiny dancer". It was live. Here it is: Btw. there are no high, powerful notes here, just as there aren't in the original song. But there are some very light C5s in the choruses. Also, it's an accoustic version - no piano like in the original. This time around, I was only on the mic. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gno Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Another great performance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Love this song and the slowed down acoustic version rocked. You're a very talented singer Jonpall.. a lot of classy musical expression in your delivery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerKu Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 This is great and tough to criticize. I love to hear you laid back and just feeling it. One thing that sounded funny to me, was sheets of 'lye' nin instead of 'len' in. Maybe you guys pronounce it differently over there, but I thought it was a neat touch! Overall you did well and are beyond technical criticism for me, so congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpall Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 Thanks guys. Killer, the "sheets of linen" thing was just a mistake on my behalf. I later listened to the song again and then heard the correct way to say that word. Because english isn't my mother tongue, I didn't know what that word meant (still don't ), so I just sang it the way I thought it should sound. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerKu Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 It's a type of cloth. Lay me down in sheets of 'a kind of cloth' lol. But honestly, I thought it added kind of character. I dunno. Maybe if you could find some spot in between the words, linin lenin lanin lyen. Make a good compromise. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpall Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 Or Lenin as in the dictator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerKu Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 It's actually pronounced fairly close to that here. Most people kind of swing towards the E rather than hug into an I. What's your native tongue anyway? Your english is quite good for a non native speaker. I've been teaching my friend stuff and it's surprising how far away the languages are from each other. I think your native dialect has a lot to do with how much success people have 'talk singing.' Twang for example, is not very common here in speaking voices, so any I had in my voice was just instinctual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpall Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 Living in Iceland and speaking Icelandic. You? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerKu Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Northwest USA, native English. I'm actually relatively near Lunte. Iceland is the one that is actually green, if I remember right. In the southern USA, twang (well country twang) is more common in speech patterns and I'm sure it creeps up elsewhere, but honestly no one I know speaks this way in a pronounced manner, and it's probably either taught, discovered, or not used much in our native singers. It's also one of the things that I found mysteriously not very well explained in much of the singing material (SLS or internet) I read until this forum. Now that I understand the tongue mechanism, I'd imagine that would be a simple and useful thing to manipulate! I think I read about it in an Estill Related book though. Singing and the Actor. Of all of the singing books, I read post injury, I found that one most educational at the time, but it was too late! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jugulator Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 I like live shows so much. jonpall, it was great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpall Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 Cool. Thanks Jugulator! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slstone Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 http://www.amiright.com Owner of the site has been printing for years, misheard or understood lyrics of many songs, then posts the correct lyrics. Good for a laugh or for lyrical research... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devaitis Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 I liked it very very very much. Superb vocal. Love it actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Excellent job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronws Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Excellent, as usual, jonpall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felipe Carvalho Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Very nice man, very consistant. This kind of song is a pain to do a good performance. GJ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpall Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 Thanks for taking the time to listen! Have a nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpione Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Superb version. Finally something in better quality ^^. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olem Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Sounded great for being a live video, nice vocals JP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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