well

first of all, before the age of widely available recorded music, singers were a lot better

this makes me want to listen to calypso

it took quite some time for the ability to sing good acoustically/live declined to how bad it is today

it took a solid generation at least

back in the 60s, compared to today everyone who sang at all could sing great

do you dance exilarch

would you dance the calypso with me

so before a certain point in history my only complaints are usually stylistic choices, not vocal talent

show it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C-DShN82mc

harry belafonte is pure brahmin

'in the 60s everyone could sing" - bob dylan

hahahahah

yeah not everyone

men especially were better singers

not everyone but compared to today

i understood the gist of what he was saying

people cannot sing for shit today

there was much more quality control

since recording was expensive

it's like 1 in 100 singers now who are even as good as the average singer a few decades ago

almost nobody in the 80s sang as bad as the singers we have now

and worse, the few people left doing clean vocals do it nigger style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBASZodwgwg

for sure but even paul anka's version is worse and it came out the following year

hahahahahaha

paul anka good god

the women want to sound like some nigger mariah chick and the men want to sound like autotune dalits

i bet he was crushed on painkillers and booze trying to sing this one

Some mediocre singers of the era were great

do you get the feeling he was more manufactured

Dino for instance

than an actual good singer

Dino is great but not an exceptional singer

Just an average singer

With a great voice

And great music

Marty Robbins isn't the most technically competent musician but he was the superlative Western music singer

it didn't matter

Whereas Frankie Laine took his jazz singer skills to movie soundtracks

No, you can't hear Gunfighter Ballads and miss the point unless you're trying